by Dan Lovallo | May 8, 2019 | BLOG
Ralph Houk Ralph Houk was named manager of the New York Yankees on this date, May 7, 1966. What was so significant about this? Well the Yankees, in the days before George Steinbrenner owned the club, rarely changed managers, during the season. But in...
by Dan Lovallo | May 7, 2019 | BLOG
It was the day after, Friday, May 7, 1915. The New York Times was heralding the New York Yankees comeback 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox, before nearly 5,000 fans. But a key component to the story was a Red Sox pitcher named Babe Ruth, who hit his first...
by Dan Lovallo | May 6, 2019 | BLOG
Willie Mays/You Tube Willie Mays turns 88 today. He might have been the greatest baseball player to ever grace a diamond. I once saw Willie Mays hit a home run at Shea Stadium, while he was playing with the San Francisco Giants. If you never saw him play, go on...
by Dan Lovallo | May 6, 2019 | BLOG
Paul Menhart/You Tube grab Being from Connecticut, I always root for someone from my home state. And so it is that Paul Menhart was named last week, as the new pitching coach for the Washington Nationals. Menhart went to Fitch High School in Groton. ...
by Dan Lovallo | May 5, 2019 | BLOG
Bat Day No. 2/ You Tube grab On May 5 the New York Yankees will hold their 2019 “Bat Day.” The first 10,000 “guests” ages 14 and under will receive a commemorative baseball bat. It is a far cry from the first “Bat Day”...