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
Fenway Flashback Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - August 15, 20180 The glory days are back at the Fens as the 2018 season heads down the home stretch. There is a lot of excitement about the real possibility of another world championship for the Sox. Royal and loyal rooters, though, still have in their memory bank images of a sad long
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,
Baseball Names – How They Came To Be Hockeyology by Harvey Frommer - February 17, 2017February 17, 20170 The words and phrases are spoken and written day after day, year after year - generally without any wonderment as to how they became part of the language. All have a history, a story. With the 2017 edition of spring training to beging and another season to follow, a brief sampler
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
Smithsonian Channel’s Take on Ted Williams is Solid Reviews by Russ_Cohen - April 29, 20162 The “Splendid Splinter”, “Teddy Ballgame” is the subject of a great short film. It did a great job of showing him in the minors and how he didn’t make the Red Sox in his first year. It talked about how he tried to achieve perfection on the diamond and in
