Three Most Impactful MLB Free Agent Signings
The winter months might seem like they are pretty chilly for baseball fans, considering the prospect of going to a game in sunny weather doesn’t exist for a little while. However, the MLB hot stove brings the warmth during this period, as big-name free agents look to remain with their incumbent clubs, or seek new […]
BREAKING RECORDS IN BASEBALL: CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING
The word “asterisk” comes from a Greek word meaning “little star.” Never has a little star caused so much discussion and controversy than the one Commissioner Ford Frick attached to Roger Maris’ single season record 61 home runs in 1961. Frick was a close friend and biographer of Babe Ruth and was a beat writer […]
From “the Captain” to “Friday Night Massacre”
The Bronx Bombers alias the New York Yankees, the most successful franchise in baseball history has a corner on lots of things including nick-names. For your reading pleasure, a sampling of nom de plumes, aliases, sobriquets, catch words and of course nick-names, “The Captain” – Derek Jeter – was such an icon that the Yankees […]
Not Just Another Game
Rivalries fuel sports. They pump up the players and fans alike while attracting nationwide media attention. They are the games you circle on your calendar and wait for all year. You need a few things to fall into place to develop a good ole rivalry, however. First and foremost, the teams must be good. Nobody […]
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 […]
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. […]
