Last Surviving "Boy of Summer" Praises Roger Kahn for Making Players Human
One of the greatest baseball books ever written may have been tossed in a drawer and forgotten, had it not been for Dodgers pitcher, Carl...
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RIP George Yankowski, 97, Battle of the Bulge
Just learned of the passing of George Yankowski, an Army sniper in the Battle of the Bulge who told me about the sound of bullets...
Phillies Don Hasenmayer, 92, RIP
This week America lost another Greatest Generation MLB player and U.S. Navy veteran. Don Hasenmayer made his major-league debut on May 2,...
A Living Batboy With More Stories
So, you'll be hearing more soon from another batboy, now 87, who has come forth with some wonderful accounts of Chapel Hill during WWII. ...
Loyalty and Friendship
Johnny Carson and Marine fighter pilot Ed McMahon were united by early military ties, long before they met and became late-night...
Snapshot of Norfolk's Navy Team
This week archivists in Norfolk shared some amazing images I'd never seen. Eddie Robinson, (pictured in middle) turned 99 on Dec. 15. ...
William Clay Ford, Sr., Navy Pre-Flight Sparkle
If you've seen the film, "Ford v. Ferrari" you understand how Ford Motor Company helped win WWII, cranking out bombers and trucks for the...
RIP, Val Heim, 99, 1920 - 2019
Sadly Val Heim, MLB's oldest-surviving MLB player (Chicago White Sox 1942) passed away on Thursday Nov. 21. He had just celebrated his...
Irv Noren, 94, RIP, Reflecting on the Final Stretch
Another Silverback has fallen. Irv Noren died two weeks shy of his 95th birthday on Nov. 15. When we spoke in March 2019, he said he did...
Drivin' With Tommy, Happy 92nd Sept. 22
Earlier this year I met Tommy Lasorda, thanks to his assistant Felipe Ruiz, who arranged a casual Sunday afternoon coffee at his local...
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