1993 NCAA National Championship Game The Fab Five Many decades ago, when the Beatles broke onto the scene, they received an iconic nickname: The Fab Four. Apparently the moniker was a clever marketing campaign made up by their press officer. Almost thirty years later, another group of “fabulous” young men broke out at the University…
George Mason’s Incredible 2006 Final Four Appearance: Revisited 20 Years Later 2006 Final Four It all went down in the RCA Dome (just typing the name of that now demolished stadium, is already filling me with nostalgia). It was in Indianapolis, just as it is again, 20 years after the date in question. The first…
Tales From Spring Training, Vol. 3 Wait….Did This Really Happen? Indeed, at one point in MLB history, changing the color of a standard baseball from white to orange was proposed. Yes, I realize that seems utterly ridiculous and silly enough to be the punchline of a baseball themed episode of a bad TV show. However,…
The Team Centerfielder Earle Combs. Shortstop, Mark Koenig. Right field, Babe Ruth. First base, Lou Gehrig. Left Field, Bob Meusel. Second base, Tony Lazzeri. Third base, Joe Dugan. Catcher, Pat Collins. That was the lineup of the 1927 Yankees in their most common batting order. These were the men that made up the now infamous…
Yankee In Exile 