I just finished reading the book October Men by Roger Kahn (who also authored The Boys of Summer). The story is about the 1977 and 1978 New York Yankees, who won back to back World Series. The 1977 season is the basis for the ESPN series “The Bronx is Burning,” and is filled with dysfunctional relationships (Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson, […]
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An Hour With Superman
Perhaps today, many baseball fans don’t remember Art Pennington. He never played in the Major Leagues, spending much of his baseball career in places like Havana, Cuba and Caracas, Venezuela, and toiling in the Negro League in the United States. Art lives in my home town of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and his home was ravaged by the flooding there last […]