by David Krell | May 15, 2012 | David Krell
Baseball is full of clichés. So is Broadway. In Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, Kirk Gibson hit a home run in the bottom of the 9th inning to win the game for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Oakland Athletics. But this moment was not merely a veteran major...
by David Krell | May 11, 2012 | David Krell
Don’t cheer for Mesa Preparatory Academy in Phoenix. It just won the Arizona Charter Athletic Association’s baseball championship game by forfeit. The team wanted to compete rather than win a forfeited game. And don’t cheer for Our Lady of Sorrows, the opponent school...
by David Krell | May 9, 2012 | David Krell
A once venerable symbol of the future is on the precipice of being an ignored relic of the past. The Houston Astrodome. The first domed stadium. The 8th Wonder of the World. The echoes of its past glory are nearly silent as the Astrodome is a vacant remnant of an era...