by David Krell | Oct 15, 2020 | David Krell
It didn’t take long. Three days after the San Francisco Giants traded Willie Mays to the New York Mets in 1972, the “Say Hey Kid” smacked a home run in his first game with the Queens-based ball club—a solo blast securing a 5-4 victory over his former team on Mother’s...
by David Krell | Apr 30, 2017 | David Krell
As San Francisco morphed into the headquarters for counterculture, with the intersection of Haight and Ashbury becoming as well known to hippies as that of Hollywood and Vine to fans of show business, Juan Marichal fired fastballs for the Giants, a team transplanted...
by David Krell | Apr 24, 2017 | David Krell
In a Strat-O-Matic Hall of Fame matchup between Post-1960 National Leaguers and Pre-1960 American Leaguers, the senior circuit edged Bob Feller and his cohorts 6-5. To qualify, a National League player could have played before 1960, as long as he played at least five...
by David Krell | May 10, 2013 | David Krell
Next month, Casey at the Bat celebrates its 125th anniversary. Penned by Ernest Thayer, the story might never have happened but for an Ivy League friendship with William Randolph Hearst. Thayer and Hearst knew each other from their days at Harvard. Thayer was a...
