Dr. Harvey Frommer On Sports

HARVEY FROMMER'S FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING: BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG AND THE GREATEST TEAM IN BASEBALL HISTORY, THE 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES ...

A range of individuals made up the 1927 roster of the New York Yankees. The average age was 27.6. All white, they came from diverse backgrou...

A sure sign that the hot stove league is in full flower is the appearance of "The Hardball Times Baseball Annual" (ACTA Sports, 3...

THE BOOK REVIEW The idea was rare, simple if a bit macabre - a book about how many former major league baseball players met their fate. Or a...

There was the sad news today out of Downers Grove, Illinois that three time All Star hurler Johnny Sain passed away. He had paired with Warr...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mickey Mantle's 1956 triple crown year as well as the 75th anniversary of his birth "Mickey Ma...

After slipping to third in 1959, the Yankees were back in the World Series again in 1960. The competition was Pittsburgh. The Pirates won th...

BUCKY F----ING DENT On the 28th anniversary of that legendary shot..

It was Sunday baseball at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn before 33,813, standing room only. Yankees against Dodgers, Game Four, World Series, the ...

The words and phrases are spoken and written day after day, year after year - generally without any wonderment as to how they became part of...

The news just a bit before the Labor Day weekend of 2006 that Charlie Wagner had passed brought a touch of sadness to Fenway Nation. A fixtu...

The recent ground breaking for a new Yankee Stadium to be ready for business in 2009 led your faithful scribe to muse on the one that ha...

Another summer weekend. Another time of joy and heartbreak for fans of the Red Sox of Boston and the Yankees of New York. Where THE GREAT ...

If you are a fan of Roger Kahn or Roger Angell or both – on the books shelves now are two books for you. Recycled stuff makes up a lot of ...

Hi All: With the Yankees and the Red Sox in another dance in 2006 - -fighting for all the marbles - the whole timeline of their battles, epi...

For those who can't get enough of Bill Lee - - and why would anyone want to - now out and available in paperbacks are "The Wrong St...