by David Krell | Nov 3, 2016 | David Krell
The life story genre is a staple of baseball films. Fear Strikes Out depicted the anxieties of Jimmy Piersall. William Bendix and John Goodman played Babe Ruth in The Babe Ruth Story and The Babe, respectively. 42 spotlighted Jackie Robinson’s story of...
by David Krell | Nov 2, 2016 | David Krell
The New York Mets have a treasure chest of memories, moments, and merriment—Tom Seaver winning the National League Cy Young Award three times, Mr. Met serving as the first three-dimensional mascot for Major League Baseball, and the 1969 Mets performing a baseball...
by David Krell | Nov 1, 2016 | David Krell
Roy Campanella grew up in a section of Philadelphia called, appropriately, Nicetown. “He was like a little Santa Claus. Everybody loved Campy…This guy was just one happy, great, lovable baseball person. And that’s about the way I can describe...
by David Krell | Oct 31, 2016 | David Krell
Just a few days before the 1920 World Series between the Brooklyn Robins (also known as the Dodgers) and the Cleveland Indians began, Eddie Cicotte and Shoeless Joe Jackson turned rumors to fact about gamblers reaching their tentacles into the clubhouse to choke the...
by David Krell | Oct 30, 2016 | David Krell
When Ralph Houk took over the manager job for the New York Yankees, he had big shoes to fill. Casey Stengel’s shoes. Houk guided the Yankees from 1961 to 1973, then took the helm of the Detroit Tigers from 1974 to 1978. He finished his managerial career with...
by David Krell | Oct 29, 2016 | David Krell
Without James Raleigh “Biz” Mackey, there would be no Roy Campanella. A three-time National League MVP and an eight-time National League All-Star, Campanella played for the Baltimore Elite Giants when Mackey managed the team. Campanella was 15 years old,...
