SPORTS BOOKSHELF: Dinner with DiMaggio, Coach Wooden and Me. … and more Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - June 5, 2017June 5, 20170 All kinds of new sports books. All kinds of interesting reading. What follows if the pick of the pack. Enjoy Dinner with DiMaggio by Richard Sandomir (Hatchette Books, $26.00, 350 pages) is a bit overblown and repetitive which more careful editing would have fixed. There is also data on the
Derek Jeter and the Yankees of New York, By the Numbers Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - May 17, 2017May 23, 20170 All the hype and hullabaloo has now ebbed and Derek Jeter day and night is part of baseball lore and legend. He was and is one of a kind. Driven, dedicated, talented, the “Captain” deserves all the accolades, all the awards. He has earned them. The Yankees have always had a
The Mets Absurd Love of the Pitch Count Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - May 16, 20170 The New York Mets routinely prevent their starting pitchers from pitching out of late-inning jams and year after year have a crisis in the bullpen. Sandy Alderson can be blamed for personnel but this issue lies with pitching coach, Dan Warthen and manager Terry Collins. There have been multiple starts this
Start Spreading the News Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - May 11, 2017May 11, 20170 With the New York Yankees back in business and the future looking bright and my THE ULTIMATE YANKEE BOOK coming out this fall, for your reading pleasure - -a small excerpt. Apocryphal Story or statement of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. The Trade As the story goes, Sox owner Tom
Believe in The Mets Players Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - May 8, 2017May 8, 20170 The only thing that can stop the New York Mets is their training staff and their management. Those are the two factors that can directly affect the outcome of some of their best players, like Noah Syndergaard, or Yoenis Cespedes. To show that the job has gotten away from manager, Terry
Foreword: Rickey and Robinson Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - April 4, 2017April 4, 20171 Every time baseball season starts up and April rolls around my thoughts turn back to a long time ago. That past is as real in many ways as the present. My fascination with Jackie Robinson and by extension Branch Rickey began many, many years ago. When school was out in Brooklyn in
Yankee Stadium, Opening Day 1961 and More Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - March 30, 2017July 6, 20170 With Opening Day 2017 just around the corner, it’s just fascinating to flash back to another time, another Yankee Stadium, another cast of characters In freezing rain on Opening Day April 17, 1961 only 1,947 hardy souls showed up. Whitey Ford got the Yankees off to a good start blanking Kansas
The Catcher Position is Standing Between the Mets and a Championship Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - March 20, 20170 The New York Mets are deep. They have the most pitching depth in baseball. They have a deep outfield and a few solid utility players. Most would say they have a team with championship potential. I’d agree if they only had a solid catcher. In 1969, they had Jerry Grote. He
Opening Day at Yankee Stadium: 1927 Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - March 15, 20170 Another spring, another season, another baseball opening day. One of the most memorable of openings days at the “House That Ruth Built” took place in 1927 when the old Yankee Stadium was just four years old. Owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert was very upbeat about prospects for baseball in 1927 but was muted
YANKEE MONIKERS & NICKNAMES, HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - February 23, 2017February 23, 20170 Nom de plumes, aliases, sobriquets, catch words - nicknames, all time, all ways for Yankees. Through the decades sporting scribes, fans, friends and relatives, opponents and teammates have outdone themselves pinning nom de plumes, aliases, sobriquets, catch words - nick-names on Yankee personnel and experiences. These have run the gamut, from
