by Ron Sokol | Feb 9, 2019 | Baseball History, Pitchers, Yankees
Some will tell you that the 1927 New York Yankees, you know the ones with “murderer’s row”, remain the greatest baseball team of all time. The moniker murderer’s row describes the first six hitters in the lineup: Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Babe...
by Ron Sokol | Aug 7, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beanballs, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Hot dogs, MLB, Nicknames, Pete Rose, Spitting, Superstitions, Tommy Lasorda, Uncategorized, Yankees
“That is soooo gross!” “What?” “He’s spitting! Yuck! Do you know unsanitary that is?” “I don’t think he’s worrying about that – it’s just a nervous thing – or he’s chewing gum or, you know…” “Ewuuu, did you see that loogie?!!” Yes, spitting and baseball seem...
by Ron Sokol | May 22, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Lou Gehrig, MLB, Nicknames, Yankees
Why do you think they moved his locker to the Hall of Fame? I mean, a locker? Isn’t that a set-up for a one-liner? Irony is defined in Wikipedia as “the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 20, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Fans, Immigrants, Lou Gehrig, MLB, Yankees
A Yankee is someone who lives in the United States, or is from the U.S., and particularly an inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states. Well that’s what it says…. Yankee Doodle Dandy is a musical film from the early 1940s about George M....
