The Rivalry Continues Red Sox Mockingly Sing Yankee Theme Song Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - November 4, 2018November 4, 20180 Feeling it after winning another world championship, champagne-soaked Boston players let it all hang out as some sang along off-key the Yankee theme song “New York, New York” that blasted forth from a boombox. It was just the latest salvo in the great rivalry – Yankees versus Red Sox. The first game
The Phillies Should Stay Away from Harper and Machado Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - October 31, 20180 Bryce Harper and Manny Machado are both unrestricted free agents. Teams with a lot of money should think twice before hiring either of these players. One team, the Philadelphia Phillies, should stay far, far away. Manny Machado doesn’t hustle. Saying he doesn’t hustle is an understatement. Phillies fans used to get
Remembering Wee Willie Keeler Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - October 27, 2018October 27, 20180 With all the hype and hoopla about today’s mainly over-rated baseball players, with all the fuss about launch angles and shifts, “bullpenning” and instant replay over and over again by the non-stop talkers in the TV booths and on the field of play, it is refreshing to flash back to
Red Sox Flashback: The First World Championship Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - October 20, 2018October 20, 20180 With the Sox on the cusp of winning another World Series, with fans all over New England savoring the time, a look back to 1912 provides a marvelous historical treat. Business in Boston virtually shut down on September 23, 1912, as 100‚000 cheered the Red Sox returning from a western trip
Can the Brewers Win Despite Craig Counsell? Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - October 18, 2018October 18, 20180 Craig Counsell has done more than a few puzzling moves in this NLCS. At the age of 48, the young manager of the Milwaukee Brewers attempted to re-invent the game yesterday with a dumb move. Start Wade Miley, have him pitch to one batter and then switch and the Dodgers
Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - October 13, 20180 On July 16, 1889, Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson was born into a poor family in Greenville, South Carolina. He never learned to read or write. By the time he was six years old, he worked as a cleanup boy in the cotton mills. By age 13, he labored amidst the din
How Far the Game Has Come Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - October 8, 2018October 8, 20180 With apologies to the great poet Robert Frost, the game was ours before we were the game’s. And the game goes on decade after decade and now into the 2018 baseball post-season it still continues as part of the fabric of American culture. Much, however, has changed in the national
YAZ, SOX, OCTOBER Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - October 1, 20180 Another October, another post-season, another rush by teams to win the World Series. So many have October baseball memories. LENNY MEGLIOLA: For Tom Yawkey, Yastrzemski was almost like an adopted son. And Yaz took advantage of that. He was, after all, the best player on the team. He had a director’s
Latino Baseball Legend Inspires Hometown Youth to Dream Bigger Baseballology by Sportsology - September 25, 2018September 25, 20180 QUEENS, NY (September 25, 2018) - Former NY Mets All-Star Edgardo Alfonzo spent a lively afternoon with 6th and 7th graders at Queens Community House (QCH)’s Beacon Program at JHS 190 in Forest Hills on Monday, answering questions, playing catch, and signing autographs for everyone in the room. Alfonzo, nicknamed “Fonzie,” is considered by many to be the best second baseman in Mets history. He posted a career 29.5 WAR,
The Not So Amazin’ Mets Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - September 19, 2018September 19, 20180 The first run they ever scored came on a balk. They lost the first nine games they ever played. Rumor has it they picked the name of the best pitcher (Tom Seaver) in their history out of a hat on April Fools' Day. They were supposed to be the replacement for
