by David Krell | Feb 28, 2017 | David Krell
Zack Wheat churned out hits with the reliability of Henry Ford’s assembly line, which débuted the Model T in 1908, a year prior to Wheat’s introduction to the major leagues. From 1909 to 1926, Wheat flourished as a member of Brooklyn’s National...
by David Krell | Feb 3, 2017 | David Krell
Yankee Stadium owns the patent on ballpark magnificence, Ebbets Field maintains an aura of magic decades after its destruction, and Wrigley Field possesses a charm honed throughout decades of unrealized hope between 1908 and 2016. An Iowa farm ranks among those and...
by David Krell | Jan 25, 2017 | David Krell
It’s appropriate the first perfect game in the 20th century belongs to the pitcher whose moniker adorns baseball’s most prestigious award for hurlers. Denton True “Cy” Young. Young’s feat on May 5, 1904 decimated the Philadelphia...
