by Dan Lovallo | Jun 1, 2019 | BLOG
Polo Grounds June 1, 1962 was a special day for New York’s two major league baseball clubs. On that date, the Giants returned to play at the Polo Grounds and the Yankees were participants in front of the largest crowd in Dodgers Stadium history to that...
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. ...