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Bill Gallo, RIP
May 11, 2011 3 Comments
The legendary cartoonist and sports journalist Bill Gallo passes from complications of pneumonia at age 88.
Rest In Peace, Ralph Houk
July 21, 2010 528 Comments
With Yankee Death #3 safely in the books, Yogi can show his face again.
Happy Birthday, Major League Baseball; William Hulbert, In Memorium
February 2, 2010 554 Comments
You won’t find his name on MLB.com in a blustery article, and you won’t find today’s date mentioned in any major baseball article today. Bud Selig won’t designate a day to honor his memory. He was overlooked for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame until an act of the veteran’s committee in 1995 recognized him, ignored by Cooperstown for 113 years even though he was born two miles away in Burlington Flats, NY. “Major League Baseball” would not exist in its current form without his contribution. On February 2nd, 1876, in New York City, William Hulbert, of what would become the Chicago Cubs, called together the principle owners of the seminal baseball clubs in order to form what would become the National League.
Hulbert established the central… (more…)
Tommy Henrich, The Oldest Yankee, Passes On
December 1, 2009 655 Comments
“Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it after you catch it is business.” – Tommy Henrich, from the Baseball Almanac
Tommy “Old Reliable” Henrich passed away yesterday in Ohio at age 96.
Tommy played on two championship Yankee squads in ’38 and ’41, went off to serve on the Coast Guard in WWII, and then came back to win two more with the Yanks in ’47 and ’49.
Henrich was also a teammate of a host of a greats that spanned the late 30′s powerhouses through to the dawn of the Fourth Dynasty – to name a few: Gehrig, DiMaggio, Rizzuto, Bauer, Dickey, and Berra, who is among a… (more…)
9/11 Remembrance
September 11, 2009 6 Comments
By ”Leviathan”:
Never Forget?
Who could forget that perfect September morning?
How could anyone forget the sound of a jet roaring in just above the buildings of lower Manhattan?
Who could forget the way the world literally shook when it slammed into Tower 2?
Who could forget the blue September sky snowing?
Who could forget that looking into the gaping wounds of Towers 1 and 2 and the fires that filled them made you feel as if you must be staring straight into hell?
Who could forget the people jumping and thinking how horrific it must have been to pick that as the better option?
Who could forget the heroism of the NYFD and NYPD and all the Emergency Service workers who sped by in what seemed like an endless parade… (more…)
