by David Krell | Oct 28, 2016 | David Krell
A baseball shrine débuted in 1913, one in a string of ballparks ushering in a new era for the National Pastime. Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, and Chicago offered modern facilities for the fans. In Brooklyn, a new stadium became a second home for borough residents...
by David Krell | Oct 27, 2016 | David Krell
“Little roller up along first. Behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight and the Mets win it!” Vin Scully’s broadcast of Mookie Wilson’s 10th inning ground ball in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series sends chills through the...
by David Krell | Oct 26, 2016 | David Krell
Baseball pitchers in fiction seem to have a black cloud hovering over them. Once an ace relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Sam “Mayday” Malone is a recovering alcoholic on Cheers. Sam owns the eponymous Cheers, a bar where he is revered for his...
by David Krell | Oct 25, 2016 | David Krell
When President George Walker Bush threw out the first pitch at that most hallowed of baseball cathedrals—Yankee Stadium—on October 30, 2001, the eyes of the world focused on him. The setting was Game 3 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Arizona...
by David Krell | Oct 24, 2016 | David Krell
On October 24, 1972, Jack Roosevelt Robinson died. Nine days prior, he declared, “I am extremely proud and pleased to be here this afternoon, but must admit I’m going to be tremendously more pleased and more proud when I look at that third-base coaching line one day...
by David Krell | Apr 4, 2016 | David Krell
Opening Day is a metaphor for life. It helps inaugurate Spring with hope, the very base of the season’s renaissance. Indeed, any junior high student in French class will tell you that naître, the root of renaissance, means to awaken in the language of love....
