1977 marked a turning point in the life of New York City. For those who buy into the idea that Rudy Giuliani somehow “saved” the city, they really need to take a […]
Ever since his accident, Stephen King hasn’t been the same writer. Most of his novels left me with mixed feelings in the end rather than being books I would wholeheartedly recommend. Recently […]
Ah, my Mets. I do love my baseball and my loyalty has never wavered. I was rewarded for all the blind faith of my youth with a World Championship team in 1986. […]
There was a time when baseball players were considered role models. Even sportswriters were in on the conspiracy, hiding things like drinking and womanizing from an unsuspecting public. Then came Jim Bouton’s […]
Baseball is a game where it seems like there are statistics for everything you could imagine. When I was younger, I received a Baseball Encyclopedia for Christmas one year that allowed me […]
As a life-long fan of the New York Mets, I have been through the ups and downs with that team, lasting through some terrible times in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s […]
As the baseball season winds down, and my team is no longer competing, I look for ways to keep myself connected to the game while I wait for “next year.”. That usually […]
A love of baseball is something in the blood. If nothing else, I am living testimony to that. I was adopted when I was seven days old. My parents had no sports […]
This book was the basis for the film Field of Dreams. A few things have been changed (J.D. Salinger apparently was not willing to be represented in the film), but if you […]
Dave Dravecky. How many people now know that name? How many can remember him in his glory in the 1980s, pitching for the San Francisco Giants? He was having a good career. […]
Thoughts From the Mountain Top 
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