by David Krell | Mar 4, 2017 | David Krell
There are coaches and managers who approach baseball with a Lombardi-like focus on winning without the trademark Lombardi philosophy of striving to obtain psychological, emotional, and physical fulfillment through 100% effort. Their desire to win is pure. Their...
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 26, 2017 | David Krell
Vic Willis, he of the assonant moniker, hurled with the intensity of a Nor’easter whipping across the Charles River. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, Willis compiled a career 249-205 win-loss record, achieved a 2.63 Earned Run Average, and...
by David Krell | Feb 9, 2017 | David Krell
Pitchers can become overwhelming forces during a season. Denny McLain went 31-6 in 1968. Nolan Ryan struck out more than 300 batters in a season five times. Ron Guidry’s 25 wins in 1978 comprised exactly 25% of the Yankees’ 100 victories. In 1985, Dwight...
by David Krell | Jan 28, 2017 | David Krell
Christy Mathewson and the New York Giants enjoy synonymity—you can’t think of one entity without the other. It wasn’t always that way, however. Big Six, as Mathewson became known, began his major league tenure with the Cincinnati Reds. John Brush owned...
