
Connie Desmond
In the 1940s Red Barber was solidly entrenched as the Brooklyn…

Red Barber
The man who broadcast Jackie Robinson’s first season with the…

Carl Furillo
People who saw Carl Furillo play most often talk about his throwing…

Rex Barney
With the possible exception of Sandy Koufax, no Dodger pitcher…

Hal Gregg
We often read or hear about pitchers developing arm strength…

Al Gionfriddo
“Running! turning! leaping! like little Al Gionfriddo — a…

Ed Chandler
World War II interrupted Ed Chandler’s dream of pitching in…

Kirby Higbe
Kirby Higbe, a good old boy from South Carolina was a hell-raiser…

Bruce Edwards
The Brooklyn Dodgers had great teams in the immediate post-war…

Hank Behrman
Hank Behrman was a minor contributor to the golden age of baseball…

Ralph Branca
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca was a New York guy. He was born…

Ray Blades
On April 9, 1947, the New York Post’s back-page headline screamed,…

George Dockins
George Woodrow Dockins was a soft-tossing, perpetually sore-armed…

Bobby Bragan
Bobby Bragan was a backup catcher whose pinch-hit double in Game…

Spider Jorgensen
On April 15, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, an African American…

Tommy Brown
Tommy Brown was only nineteen years old and recently discharged…

Gene Hermanski
Eugene Victor Hermanski was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts…

Dan Bankhead
Dan Bankhead is best known for two things. He was the first African-American…

Joe Hatten
After four seasons of double-digit victories as a starter for…

Clyde King
Clyde Edward King spent more than sixty years in professional…
Leo Durocher
From his birth in 1905, in West Springfield, Massachusetts,…

Hugh Casey
On Monday evening, September 22, 1947, the “sizzling steaks…

Jack Banta
Jack Banta was a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher who threw…

Phil Haugstad
Every red-blooded American boy growing up during the Great Depression…