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Mel Stottlemyre’s Trendy Game

February 13, 2010

As the New York Yankees prepared to face the Boston Red Sox on Jul. 20, 1965, the defending American League Champions found themselves ensconced in sixth place, 12.5 games behind ...

The Indians’ Sweep the Yankees on Their Way to the 1954 Pennant

January 7, 2010

Paula Volpoff loves the Cleveland Indians. She suffered through the early 1950s, when great Cleveland teams were edged out by the slightly better, or as she says, "luckier," Yankees. Volpoff vividly ...

The New York Mets Beat the Yankees at Yankee Stadium: Casey Stengel’s Revenge

January 5, 2010

Art Lawrence is a rabid Yankees fan, but there was one time when he rooted for the Yankees' opponent. The Yankees had summarily dismissed Casey Stengel after the ...

A Typical 1959 New York Yankees Game

January 4, 2010

Charlie Cret lived in Brooklyn his entire life. He was devastated when Walter O'Malley took his team away. All that was left for Charlie was to root against the Yankees. ...

How the Braves Lost the 1958 World Series

January 3, 2010

Joseph Abstein was a Boston fan until his team moved to Milwaukee in 1953. Joe still roots for the Braves. He fondly recalls the 1957 World Series in which the ...

An “Over the Hill” Hoyt Wilhelm No-Hit the Arrogant Yankees

January 1, 2010

Rich Fox is an Orioles fan who remembers when the Orioles were the Yankees' patsies, but even in those days, the Orioles had their moments. Rich takes great ...

How the Dodgers Topped the Yankees in May 1956

December 31, 2009

Malcolm Schwartz and his friend, David Broman , lived in Flushing, Queens during the 1950s. Each attended his first baseball game on May 12, 1956. Mal's father, who ...

Art Ditmar Instead of Whitey Ford? Casey Stengel Really Messed Up

December 30, 2009

Giants' fan Larry Levensen always argued that Leo Durocher could run rings around Casey Stengel when it came to managing. Durocher never blew a World Series the way Stengel ...

Bob Cerv Stuck It to the New York Yankees

December 29, 2009

Ed Rand has rooted against the Yankees all his life. He recently became ecstatic, or least extremely pleased, when he read an article in an old baseball magazine ...

The New York Yankees Raid Kansas City

December 28, 2009

Michael Davis grew up in Kansas City after World War II. He rooted for the Yankees because the Kansas City Blues were the Yankees' top farm team, but all that ...

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