Remembering Robby (Part 3)
Major League Baseball rightfully celebrates Jackie Robinson Day every April 15, the day he broke the color barrier in 1947. I met my all-time favorite player twice –once as a teenager and then as an adult. Both moments still stay with me. HARVEY FROMMER: When school was out, I sometimes went around with my father […]
REMEMBERING “ROBBY” (Part II)
Wonderful reactions to Part I, so here as we approach “Jackie Robinson Day” in Major League Baseball is Part II. Enjoy. Growing up Years Jerry and Mallie Robinson were impoverished sharecroppers who lived in Cairo, Georgia. Jerry deserted the family six months after Jackie was born in 1919. Mallie, strong, religious, family oriented moved her […]
My Top Opening Day Performances
Hey baseball fans! Happy Spring Training! Yes, I know it’s not the official start to the MLB season, but today I will be rating the top five Opening Day performances in MLB history. (Note that I originally posted this forBig Leagues Magazine, a really great online magazine that I write for. Hope you check it […]
Baseball News, Tweets & More
Image by mikeleeorg via Flickr Thursday Afternoon Edition @espn_durrett: Jerry Crasnick on Rangers’ hot start – http://tinyurl.com/y8yeymx @Ken_Rosenthal: A thought on a possible replacement for #Orioles manager Dave Trembley: http://tinyurl.com/y4eojzv #MLB (Already???) @sabr: Great interview on Seamheads: Some of Tout Wars’ top players on the TW auction & its new relationship with SABR: http://tinyurl.com/y6vuucy @jonahkeri: […]
