by David Krell | Nov 27, 2016 | David Krell
There is another kind of pitching in baseball, one that has nothing to do with curveballs, strikeouts, or a catcher’s signs. Pitching products is a cornerstone of the National Pastime. As a spokesman, a baseball player uses his fame, personality, and...
by David Krell | Nov 16, 2016 | David Krell
In 1961, John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the nation’s youngest elected president, The Dick Van Dyke Show débuted, and Alan Shepard became the first American astronaut in space. 1961 was also the year of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. The M&M boys. As...
by David Krell | Nov 8, 2016 | David Krell
As dusk anticipated relieving the sun of its duties during the twilight of October 3, 1956, Paul Newman hustled through the stage entrance of the Mansfield Theatre, an august Broadway institution on West 47th Street in Manhattan. Before he achieved icon status in the...
by David Krell | Oct 30, 2016 | David Krell
When Ralph Houk took over the manager job for the New York Yankees, he had big shoes to fill. Casey Stengel’s shoes. Houk guided the Yankees from 1961 to 1973, then took the helm of the Detroit Tigers from 1974 to 1978. He finished his managerial career with...
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....
