The Best and Worst Baseball Cities Will Surprise You

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by Russ_Cohen - November 2, 20210

While the World Series rolls on. Here is a report that WalletHub did on this subject https://wallethub.com/edu/best-baseball-cities/12864. I spoke to Jill Gonzalez about a few of these cities. New York was #1. That’s not a surprise, but it’s still interesting to know why? “The number of teams is something that we look at,

A Postcard from Heaven – – My Connection With Gary Carter

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by Jeffrey Morris - April 15, 20200

Do kids get mail anymore? Does mail mean anything beyond bills and coupons anymore? Do kids sit down and write letters and draw pictures for their grandparents? Do they get letters back? Do kids even know what Christmas cards are? I thought of this while I was flipping through a photo

Remembering Wee Willie Keeler

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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

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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

The 1901 World Series Will Be Played

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by Russ_Cohen - November 29, 2017December 11, 20170

The 1901 Word Series never happened because players of the American League and National League had contract squabbles. Some of the teams mentioned in my book “Pioneers of Baseball” (release date is March 29th) were talked about. I set up a six-team tournament. They are all NL vs. AL teams.

The Weather May Decide the World Series

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by Russ_Cohen - October 24, 2017October 24, 20170

Los Angeles will be 21 degrees over the usual high this time of the year for Game 1 of the 2017 World Series. 100 vs. 79. It might be 95 degrees to start the game. This could be a problem for the pitchers. The game will start at 5:09PM local

REMEMBERING ELSTON HOWARD

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by Harvey Frommer - September 25, 20170

“A man of great gentleness and dignity” –on his Plaque in Monument Park “He deserves credit and where would I be without him? Phew! He can give me a job in the outfield and he can catch, too. Good kid, too. He's good.”—Casey Stengel With all the newspaper headlines today documenting angst

Cubs vs. Indians is Bringing Baseball Back

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by Russ_Cohen - November 1, 20160

Every decade or so Major League Baseball gets a shot in the arm and that revitalizes the sport. Once upon a time it was the “Great American Home Run Chase” and now it’s the 112th edition of the World Series that’s doing it again. Detractors will say it’s the matchup,

The 112th World Series By The Numbers & 2016’s Best Baseball Cities

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by Wallet Hub - October 25, 2016October 25, 20160

With the 2016 World Series kicking off today, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 112th World Series By The Numbers infographic to go along with its report on 2016's Best Baseball Cities. To determine the best places to be a fan of America’s second most followed sport, WalletHub compared the

Bobby Thomson’s Famous Homer Lives On

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by Harvey Frommer - October 3, 2016April 24, 20180

Throughout the long history of baseball there have been poignant, exciting, dramatic moments. But very few can compare to what happened on October 3, 1951 at the old Polo Grounds in New York City. Some refer to that time as "The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff." Others, especially in Brooklyn, call