Daniel Vogelbach – A Heavier Version of Ted Williams Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - April 22, 20190 Ok, I’m kidding. I wanted to get your attention because this player is doing some amazing things this year. He was a big-time prospect who got lost in the minors for a while but now at the age of 26, he’s putting it all together. This year this slugger has played
Sad Story of Shoeless Joe Jackson – – Who Belongs In the Baseball Hall of Fame Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - April 20, 20190 This year of 2019 is the 100thanniversary of the “Black Sox” scandal. This article comes from the Frommer vault 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
Remembering Robby (Part 3) Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - April 15, 2019April 15, 20190 Major League Baseball rightfully celebrates Jackie Robinson Day every April 15, the day he broke the color barrier in 1947. I met my all-time favorite player twice –once as a teenager and then as an adult. Both moments still stay with me. HARVEY FROMMER: When school was out, I sometimes went around
REMEMBERING “ROBBY” (Part II) Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - April 15, 20190 Wonderful reactions to Part I, so here as we approach “Jackie Robinson Day” in Major League Baseball is Part II. Enjoy. Growing up Years Jerry and Mallie Robinson were impoverished sharecroppers who lived in Cairo, Georgia. Jerry deserted the family six months after Jackie was born in 1919. Mallie, strong, religious, family-oriented
Alzheimer’s Foundation: 5 Ways Baseball is a Home Run for Brain Health Baseballology by Sportsology - April 9, 2019April 9, 20190 NEW YORK (April 9, 2019)— Baseball is more than just the national pastime; it can also be a useful tool to exercise your brain. With baseball season in full swing, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is encouraging everyone to play ball. “Baseball stimulates cognitive functions, promotes social interaction and helps
REMEMBERING “ROBBY” (Part I) Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - April 6, 2019April 6, 20190 There will be a lot of hype and hoopla, praise and stock-taking this year of 2019 which marks, the 100thanniversary of Jack Roosevelt Robinson’s birth. April 15 is a marker day in baseball – the dramatic day he broke baseball’s color line in 1947. I have written about so many illustrious
The Real Arms Race Baseballology by The Colonel - April 1, 2019April 1, 20190 I recall hearing somewhere that hitting a round baseball with a round bat squarely was the hardest thing to do in sports. Now that we measure launch angles and swing speeds and MPH of every ball hit fair or foul, I think we can say a lot of folks have
Dominic Smith or Peter Alonso or Both? Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - March 24, 20190 Dominic Smith has lost weight again and had a battle with sleep apnea. He’s ripping it up in spring and has deserved to stay until the bitter end and until the Mets make a final decision on who makes the Opening Day roster. Spring training stats are fool’s gold. So, I
1927: New York Yankees, Spring Training Flashback Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - March 23, 2019March 23, 20190 Another spring, another spring training for the Yankees of New York. All of them have had special meaning for baseball’s greatest franchise. Perhaps none was more special than for the ’27 team, best in baseball history. Comfortable among the high and mighty or the ordinary, friendly with the press, moving around
Barry Zito Highlights Baseball and Grammy Exhibit Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - March 11, 20190 Take Me Out to The Ball Game: Popular Music and The National Pastime exhibit here at the GRAMMY Museum opens on March 14th through the fall of 2019. Barry Zito was a top-notch pitcher in major league baseball for 15 seasons. During that time, he won the Cy Young in 2002
