by David Krell | Jan 3, 2017 | David Krell
Decades before Willie Stargell’s We Are Family vibe, Bill Mazeroski’s legendary World Series home run, and Roberto Clemente’s demonstrable power, professional baseball in the Pittsburgh area lived in Exposition Park. It holds distinction as the...
by David Krell | Jan 2, 2017 | David Krell
George Chauncey may not immediately come to mind when discussing Dodgers history, assuming, of course, that he comes to mind at all. Perhaps he should. It was, after all, Chauncey who made front office decision that, in retrospect, drastically improved, enhanced,...
by David Krell | Dec 22, 2016 | David Krell
A minor league baseball treasure resides in the heart of Appalachia. West Virginia may be known for its natural resources—coal, logging, natural gas—but its roots in baseball date back more than 100 years. Charleston began its professional baseball history in 1910...
by David Krell | Dec 19, 2016 | David Krell
Decades before he elevated to the executive suite as owner of the Chicago White Sox, Charles Comiskey pioneered a fielding concept during his playing days. Or so the legend goes. After Comiskey died in 1931, a series of Chicago Daily Tribune articles examined his...
by David Krell | Nov 20, 2016 | David Krell
Though not technically the first black player in the major leagues—that distinction belongs to Moses Fleetwood Walker of the American Association’s Toledo Blue Stockings in 1884—Jackie Robinson destroyed the unspoken yet visible barrier constructed in the late...
