by David Krell | Dec 5, 2022 | David Krell
April 10, 1977: Milwaukee Brewers 2, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY If you can’t beat them, sign them to a contract. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner signed Don Gullett on November 18, 1976, a little more than a month after the southpaw and his...
by David Krell | Nov 28, 2022 | David Krell
April 7, 1977: New York Yankees 3, Milwaukee Brewers 0 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY Mission accomplished. When Reggie Jackson signed with the New York Yankees four days after Thanksgiving, 1976, he declared, “I didn’t come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with...
by David Krell | Apr 11, 2017 | David Krell
Baseball’s nexus with Hollywood had a center point in Los Angeles’s Wrigley Field on February 28, 1932 for a charity game benefitting America’s Olympians; the ’32 Summer Olympics—which took place in Los Angeles—inspired two comedy icons to...
by David Krell | Apr 10, 2017 | David Krell
As America recovered from its Bicentennial hangover, Hank Aaron clubbed a home run in the Brewers-Angels game on July 20, 1976. It was not, in any way, a cause for ceremony. It was, however, highly significant. Aaron’s solo smash off the Angels’ Dick...
by David Krell | Apr 3, 2017 | David Krell
Lou Piniella is one of baseball’s greatest journeymen—a player with the Orioles, the Indians, the Royals, and the Yankees, in addition to stints as a manager with the Yankees, the Reds, the Mariners, the Devil Rays, and the Cubs. Piniella’s achievements as...
