by David Krell | Dec 27, 2016 | David Krell
From 1928 to 1943, Carl Hubbell, a New York Giants pitcher who enjoyed the nickname “The Meal Ticket” because of his prowess on the mound, built a Hall of Fame career on his left arm. Pitching against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 2, 1933, Hubbell added...
by David Krell | Dec 7, 2016 | David Krell
When Charles Ebbets died on April 18, 1925, Brooklynites lost their remaining link to the genesis of professional baseball in their beloved borough. Ebbets began his baseball career in 1883, when Brooklyn inaugurated professional baseball for its denizens from Coney...
by David Krell | Dec 4, 2016 | David Krell
As described by German Prussian politician Otto von Bismarck, politics is the art of the possible. So is baseball. When the New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles to win the 1969 World Series, possible elevated to miraculous. Once again, National League...
by David Krell | Nov 22, 2016 | David Krell
The 1950s was a decade of change. Elvis Presley spearheaded the introduction of rock and roll, television replaced radio as the preferred mass medium for news and entertainment, and several baseball teams migrated westward—way westward for two teams, mid-westward for...
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...
