Shohei Otani has everyone talking, but will he be able to bring glory to Los Angeles and the Angels
In sports, sometimes you watch a player and you know they are going to be something special. Many people who watched the FIFA World Youth Soccer Championships in 2005 knew that Argentina’s Lionel Messi was going to make it at the top level. Onlookers at Lebron James’s high school games could tell they were witnessing […]
TEAM PUERTO RICO REPEATS!!!! WINNNERS OF THE 2018 CARIBBEAN WORLD SERIES!
BY ISMAEL NUNEZ Hurricane Maria has hurt the island of Puerto Rico. What better way to inspire its people with a sports victory. This past February 8th as reported by Cesar Augusto Marquez from the website “La Vida Baseball” In Mexico where the annual Caribbean World Series took place for the year 2018 “Caguas(the team […]
BoSox Sidebars: Spring Training, “The Kid,” Tom Yawkey & more
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. Ted Williams and Yogi Berra MEL PARNELL: I was 25-years old in 1947 when I went to spring […]
Book Review: Dueling with Kings
Daily fantasy certainly seems to be everywhere. Perhaps not as much as it was two years ago when every other commercial during any sporting event seemed to be for FanDuel or DraftKings—the two behemoths of the Daily Fantasy arena—but it’s still fairly hard to avoid. Journalist Daniel Barbarisi became intrigued by the influx in daily […]
Yankees by the Numbers (Part One)
By Harvey Frommer With so many of us biding the time until the 2018 season kicks off, here for your perusal some Bronx Bomber numerology to pass the time. Part trivia, part history, all Yankees, enjoy. Zero The 1927 Yankees made no changes to their roster all season long. The team began with 10 […]
Book Review: You Herd Me
If you have spent any time watching or listening to sports media over the past decade, you are more than likely familiar with Colin Cowherd. The former ESPN radio voice, and current host of The Herd on FS1 and Fox Sports Radio, Cowherd has been a dominant voice in sports media for many years. In […]
Yankees: Spring training: Mini-Timeline
By Harvey FrommerWith the NFL going down its home stretch, with baseball and spring training on the horizon, for your reading pleasure a flashback thru Yankee history to see some of the marker moments for the franchise focused on the varied and unusual spring training environments. 1905-1906: After spending two springs in Atlanta, manager Clark […]
Book Review: Every Day I Fight
By the time of his passing, Stuart Scott may have been the most popular and recognizable face at ESPN. And that’s saying something considering the folks they had on staff at the time. Scott was seen by many as the one who made ESPN, SportsCenter and broadcasting in general “hip”, but he was much more […]
Brewers Go Three Decades without Gold Glove
The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, or simply called the “Gold Glove” is an annual big event in the world of baseball. Every year, major league baseball players are recognized for their individual fielding performance in both the American League and National League based on the votes of managers and coaches. Despite having Zach Davies as […]
YANKEE QUIZ, PART III
By Harvey Frommer Welcome to 2018 and by popular demand, the third in the series of teasing, tantalizing, tough questions about the New York Yankees. Enjoy. And reminder, no peeking. If you get half the answers correct you are an All Star. Who founded “Yankeeland Farm” in Frederick, Maryland after his playing career […]
Book Review: A Hero All His Life
Mickey Mantle was, to many, a hero. He was the type of person men wanted to be and women dreamed they could be with. Obviously, those feelings were all contrived from what Mantle did on the baseball field, and some other interactions he would have in public. As most are now aware, Mantle’s private life […]
Book Review: Murder at Fenway Park
Murder and baseball? As long as it’s fiction, those are two of my favorite things in one (certainly never OK with actual murder), so this reviewer was expecting to be entertained when he picked up Murder at Fenway Park by Troy Soos. Hailed as “A Mickey Rawlings Baseball Mystery” on the front cover, the work […]
Talking Yankee Factoids, Trivia, Oddities
By Harvey Frommer 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 […]
Book Review: I Don’t Care if We Never Get Back
Visit all 30 MLB stadiums. Sounds like a good life goal. In fact, many readers of this blog probably have that goal themselves, or at least know someone who does. Imagine doing that in 30 days. That’s right. Every MLB stadium in 30 days. 30 in 30. Sound reasonable? Well, two recent college grads attempted […]
Book Review: Dealing
Many other books by well-known Northeast Ohio journalist Terry Pluto have been reviewed on this site before and this one is no different in terms of its entertainment value. In Dealing: The Cleveland Indians’ New Ballgame (Inside the Front Office and the Process of Rebuilding a Contender), Pluto takes readers through the steps it took […]
Giancarlo Stanton Meet George Herman Ruth
By Harvey Frommer The stunning news that Giancarlo Stanton, one of baseball’s best sluggers is now a member of the powerful New York Yankees, It is almost like a flashback to the World newspaper headlines of January 6, 1920. “YANKEES BUY RUTH AND HOME RUN BAT FOR OVER $100,000.” “Pay Highest Price […]
BOONE TOWN! OCTOBER 16, 17, 2003
By Harvey Frommer The following excerpt from my The Ultimate Yankee Book celebrates “Booney,” the new guy on the block as manager of the New York Yankees. You can read more about Aaron Boone and other Yankee moments, streaks, feats and much more in the book. Enjoy. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It was a match up […]
Book Review: The Stark Truth
Who’s the best first baseman ever? Who’s the worst second baseman of all time? What pitcher has a big name, but doesn’t live up to it? Which outfielder is unheralded, but always delivers in the clutch? These are the questions Jayson Stark attempts to answer in his book, The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and […]
HANK BAUER
By Harvey Frommer He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois on July 31, 1922. Like Yogi Berra, his education only lasted through the eighth grade. The tough and gritty Bauer was a Marine in the Second World War and saw action in the battle of Okinawa. “We went in with 64,” he recalled, […]
Book Review: Heroes, Scamps and Good Guys
Professional sports in Cleveland has quite the colorful history with a number of interesting personalities who have provided entertainment through the years. In Heroes, Scamps and Good Guys: 101 Colorful Characters from Cleveland Sports History by Bob Dolgan, the author looks at some of the more interesting athletes to be involved in Cleveland Sports. As […]
Ranking MLB Stadiums by Fan Sentiment
The following research is based on ReviewTrackers’ study of 130,000 baseball stadium reviews. Executive Summary 1. ReviewTrackers’ algorithm analyzed 130,000 reviews, and scored 550,000 keywords to rank Major League Baseball stadiums in four categories: Food and Drink. Fan Experience. Family Experience. Facility. 2. The top 5 stadiums were: 1. Oriole Park at Camden Yards: 1st […]
Book Review: Free Byrd
Paul Byrd was a journeyman Major Leaguer who played 14 seasons for 7 different teams, but just like everyone, he has a story to tell. This story is told in his book Free Byrd: The Power of a Liberated Life. This 219-page work details the life of the major leaguer as well as how his […]
ULTIMATE YANKEE QUIZ (Part 2)
By Harvey Frommer As a result of popular demand, for your reading and wondering pleasure, here come the Yankees in quiz form from the professor of Bronx Bomber content. No peeking at the answers. Take the quiz first. Five correct answers makes you an “All Star.” Lower than that read some of my Yankee books. […]
All The Time in The World: Series Games Averaging Over 3.5 Hours!
Should you happen to find yourself off in dreamland during one of this year’s World Series games and wake up to find the game hasn’t even reached the seventh-inning stretch, don’t get too worried – you’re not living an episode of the Twilight Zone. You’re just living in the world of baseball as it is […]
ULTIMATE YANKEE QUIZ
By Harvey Frommer For your reading and wondering pleasure, here come the Yankees in quiz form from the professor of Bronx Bomber content. No peeking at the answers. Take the quiz first. Five correct answers makes you an “All Star.” Lower than that read some of my Yankee books. Herewith: 150 provocative questions and answers with some […]
World Series Odds 2017 Revisited
Back on August 31st, 2017 I made a World Series prediction and although I left out 3 teams (sorry Diamondbacks, Rockies and Twins), but I did get every other team right. I am even hitting .500 with my final prediction, The Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL pennant and are in the 2017 World Series! […]
PRELUDE: Here come the Yankees
By Harvey Frommer From a stumbling start back in 1903, from owners that since then in the main have set a top drawer tone and a high standard, from managers who asserted their will pushing players to perform beyond their abilities, who established winning ways setting the pattern for others to follow, from stars and […]
Baseball Players who have Disappointed Us in 2017
By Adam Eyal The 2017 Major League Baseball season has only just finished, but some players should have given up a long time ago. Every year scouts and experts pick out the hottest prospects to watch out for over the coming months. These players are meant to deliver some of the best baseball in the […]
Sports Book Reviews
By Harvey Frommer The seasons keep changing and the sports books keep coming. They are focused on all kinds of subjects, approaches, dealing with different sports. Herewith, for your reading, exciting tomes dealing with baseball, football, tennis. Hank Greenberg in 1938 by Ron Kaplan (Sports Publishing, $24.95, 235 pages) is an important book for its […]
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World
By Harvey Frommer 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 Coogan’s Bluff.” Others, especially in Brooklyn, call it “Dat Day.” But no matter what label is applied it was a time to remember. […]
