by David Krell | Jun 23, 2012 | David Krell
Jim Bouton peeled back the veneer protecting Major League Baseball in his 1970 exposé, Ball Four. It reads like a friend sharing secrets with you over a couple of beers at a baseball game. Bouton, a quasi-phenom pitcher in the early 1960s with the New York Yankees, he...
by David Krell | Jun 22, 2012 | David Krell
In Brooklyn, Charles Ebbets and his bosses suffered a crater in the bottom line because the Players’ League siphoned from the Brooklyn fan base for its Brooklyn team – the Wonders. Byrne merged operations with the Wonders. The new incarnation acquired a nickname based...
by David Krell | May 24, 2012 | David Krell
The Yankees without a Steinbrenner at the helm is like a Kardashian without a reality show. Unthinkable. Impossible. And, on a certain level, immoral. Earlier today, Hal Steinbrenner denied reports from today’s edition of the New York Daily News indicating that he is...
by David Krell | May 22, 2012 | David Krell
Rogers Hornsby did it after an illustrious playing career. Leo Durocher did it after a not-so-illustrious one. Joe Torre did it as a journeyman, not achieving success for a couple of decades. Billy Martin did it with the only team he ever loved. Gil Hodges did it with...
