by Dan Lovallo | Mar 27, 2019 | The Baseball Podcast
Willie Stargell/Credit: You Tube Mar. 26, 2019 turned out to be a busy day for the New York Mets, as we explore in my latest edition of The Baseball Beat. The Mets and pitcher Jacob deGrom have agreed to a contract extension and Mets owner Fred Wilpon is buying...
by Dan Lovallo | Mar 25, 2019 | BLOG
Yogi Berra/Credit: James H. Burns March 25, 1965 was a historic day in the history of New York Yankees managers. The Yankees were coming off of their record-tying five consecutive AL pennant, as they prepared to host their crosstown rivals the New York Mets in...
by Dan Lovallo | Mar 22, 2019 | BLOG
Bela Szilagyi/Credit: You Tube What a great story in the Mar. 22 edition of the New York Times about classical pianist Bela Szilagyi. (The Times has a paywall but click here.) Turns out Szilagyi was not only a boxing enthusiast – you can find some...
by Dan Lovallo | Mar 17, 2019 | BLOG
Shea Stadium, once the home of the New York Mets and New York Jets, almost had a dome. Fueled by the soon-to-be-opened Astrodome in Houston, New York city officials became convinced, enclosing Shea and putting a roof on it would enable the city-run facility to be used...
by Dan Lovallo | Mar 10, 2019 | BLOG
I was so saddened to hear the news about Tom Seaver’s health problems and how he will be withdrawing from public life because of dementia. Perhaps my favorite Tom Seaver memory occurred 50 years ago in that glorious summer of 1969. My dad, two brothers and...