by David Krell | Dec 5, 2022 | David Krell
April 10, 1977: Milwaukee Brewers 2, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY If you can’t beat them, sign them to a contract. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner signed Don Gullett on November 18, 1976, a little more than a month after the southpaw and his...
by David Krell | Nov 28, 2022 | David Krell
April 7, 1977: New York Yankees 3, Milwaukee Brewers 0 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY Mission accomplished. When Reggie Jackson signed with the New York Yankees four days after Thanksgiving, 1976, he declared, “I didn’t come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with...
by David Krell | Apr 26, 2017 | David Krell
What if the Dodgers had stayed in Brooklyn? Further, what if migration in the modern era had never taken place, thereby forcing expansion in Kansas City, San Francisco, and other MLB cities. My paradigm assumes the following: Tampa, Toronto, Arizona, and Montreal do...
by David Krell | Apr 21, 2017 | David Krell
What if… Charlie Finley hadn’t broken up the 1970s Oakland A’s dynasty? Bob Uecker hadn’t appeared in Major League? there was no Designated Hitter position? the Mets had never traded Nolan Ryan to the Angels? Yogi Berra had played for the...
by David Krell | Mar 19, 2017 | David Krell
Jim Palmer began his major league career in 1965, when the Braves played their last season in Milwaukee, the Astros unveiled the Astrodome, and Bert Campaneris became the first player to play all nine positions in a major league game. Throughout his 19 seasons—all in...
