So, I’m having some fun on Twitter…
The other day I had this crazy idea to tell the story of individual New York Yankees players within the 140 character limit on Twitter.
Tag: Baseball
Becoming Our Heroes
During my youth, the word “hero” meant one thing to me – a professional baseball player.
My first hero was Yankees third baseman Graig Nettles. I loved Nettles. He was a hard-nosed power hitting third baseman. Nettles led the American league in home runs in 1976. In 1977 and 1978, he earned the Gold Glove for his stellar defense at third base.
Mark Koenig and a Legend
The following is an excerpt from a book, The Least Among Them, I am writing about the Yankees that is currently in development:
Mark Koenig was the Yankees starting shortstop for three seasons from 1926 through 1928. Koenig was an erratic fielder, leading the league in errors in 1926 and 1928. As a batter, he usually served as the number two batter in the line-up, hitting just before Babe Ruth. After batting .319 in 1928 and .292 in more limited duty in 1929, Koenig got off to a slow start in 1930. By the end of May, he was batting only .230. On May 30, 1930, the Yankees traded Koenig, along with future Hall-of-Famer Waite Hoyt to the Detroit Tigers for Ownie Carroll, Harry Rice, and Yats Wuestling. Of the three, only Harry Rice, who played 100 games for the Yankees in 1930 (batting .298) had any significant impact on the team. After the trade, Koenig bounced between four teams over the remaining six years of his career, but during that time he influenced one pennant race and, in an indirect way, one of the most legendary moments in the history of baseball.
Baseball History 1- Frank Baumholtz
This is one reason why I love baseball…
Due to many obligations, my seventeen year old son and I had not seen much of each other for the past several days. So, as I was doing some mindless tasks, he joined me in my home office to talk baseball.
The name “Stan Musial” came up.
I’m a life-long Yankees fan, but I hold a special place in my heart for Ted Williams and Stan Musial as they were my father’s and my uncle’s favorite players when they were growing up. I enjoy talking about these legends from baseball’s past.
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