My father was born in 1919 and grew up in the Bronx. In a neighborhood filled almost exclusively with Yankees’ fans he became a New York Giants fan. In introducing me to baseball in the mid 1950’s and specifically to Giants’ history he often cited the accomplishment of Carl Hubbell who in the 1934 All-Star [...]
We heard so much about the Cubs hitting six home runs in Game 3 of the NLDS and 10 homers overall in their 3-1 win over the Cardinals. If the Mets were to win this series, their young pitchers were going to have to limit the long ball or else the Cubs would run away [...]