(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) One of the cardinal rules about spring training is you have to take the results with a grain of salt, especially the early performances of eager rookies who are either facing veterans slowly ramping up to speed or overmatched secondary […]
Archive for February 28th, 2011
Seasons Change: Yanks’ Youngsters Help to Bring About Early Spring Thaw
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Who’s a Bum? Remembering the Duke on His Own Terms
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Mets, MLB, Yankees, tagged Dodgers, Duke Snider, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays on February 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Duke Snider’s Hall of Fame baseball career is ably defined by the statistics he compiled. However, it is his position as an ironic focal point in literature and song that have made his legacy even more enduring. The book, of course, is Roger Kahn’s “The Boys of Summer”, which is more a story about the individuals on […]