by David Krell | Nov 18, 2016 | David Krell
John McGraw was to baseball what Henry Ford was to the automobile. They did not invent their respective industries. They reinvented them. Straddling the line separating the 19th and 20th centuries, McGraw ended his career as a baseball player by performing the...
by David Krell | Nov 4, 2016 | David Krell
1977 was the best of times for fans of the Yankees, but the worst of times for fans of the Mets. After seeing the Yankees get swept by the Cincinnati Reds in the ’76 World Series, George Steinbrenner went shopping; Steinbrenner led a group to purchase the...
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 | 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,...
by David Krell | Apr 5, 2015 | David Krell
In the 1990s, NBC dominated with a powerful lineup of programs, including Seinfeld, Friends, and ER. Homicide: Life on the Street, while overflowing with quality scripts, story lines, and actors, did not bathe in the glitz factor of NBC’s other shows. Still,...
