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
Baseball Slugger David Ortiz Named TOPPS NOW® Lead Scout & Topps Spokesperson Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - June 15, 20180 David Ortiz’s vast baseball knowledge, discerning eyes, and flair for the moment made him the perfect candidate for a new role at The Topps Company. Topps, the exclusive trading card partner of Major League Baseball, is excited to announce Ortiz as a spokesperson and TOPPS NOW® lead scout. In this role,
Remembering Ted Williams Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - May 9, 20180 He was called “the Splendid Splinter,” “the Kid,” “Teddy Ballgame” and other unmentionable names. But Ted Williams was always something else. There was the love-hate affair fans at Fenway Park had with Ted Williams. He dropped a fly ball in the first game of a doubleheader. Raucous razzing followed. In the
BoSox Sidebars: Spring Training, “The Kid,” Tom Yawkey & more Uncategorized by Harvey Frommer - February 6, 20180 With the Super Bowl behind us thoughts turn in New England to perhaps the area’s most beloved sports team –the Boston Red Sox. Herewith for your reading pleasure, snippets about the Old Towne Team. Enjoy. MEL PARNELL: I was 25-years old in 1947 when I went to spring training at Sarasota,
Talking Yankee Factoids, Trivia, Oddities Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - December 17, 2017December 17, 20170 With the “Baby Bombers” now part of the scene, with the Yankee future becoming brighter and brighter, with all the renewed interest in the franchise, herewith for your reading pleasure and edification some interesting sidebars that are part of the franchise history Yankees A reference with the name "Yankees” first appeared in
The Rivalry: Yanks vs Red Sox Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - August 16, 2017August 17, 20170 Babe Ruth at Fenway Back then, as the story goes, there was a get-together in the woods. A Red Sox fan, a Cub fan and a Pirate fan were there. They all wondered when their team would make it to the World Series again and decided to call on God for
SIXTIES AT FENWAY: FLASHBACK Uncategorized by Harvey Frommer - September 24, 20160 This was the opening day lineup on April 19th as the new decade began at Fenway Park. Don Buddin ss Pete Runnels 2B Frank Malzone Gene Stephens rf Ted Williams lf Bobby Thomson cf Ron Jackson 1b Haywood Sullivan c Tom Brewer p It was 58 degrees at the start of the game. Playing before 35, 162 against the Yankees
Fenway Park Begins Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - September 14, 2016September 14, 20160 Owner General Charles Henry Taylor, a Civil War veteran and owner of the "Boston Globe," had decided back in 1910 to build a new ballpark in the Fenway section of Boston bordering Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street, Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street. It would cost $650,000 (approximately $14 million today),
Spaceman Movie Review Entertainment Reviews by Russ_Cohen - August 18, 2016August 18, 20160 “Spaceman” is the nickname of a left of center (sometimes high), crafty left-hander named Bill Lee who had a very interesting and successful career as a major league pitcher. Having played for just 2 franchises in his 14-year career, the sometimes problematic hurler always yielded results until his differences with
