OL' DIZ -- AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL

His English was fast and loose but his fastball was faster. There was only one Dizzy Dean.

HEROESThe AtticMarch 27, 2024Dizzy Dean, St. Louis Cardinals, Baseball, Gashouse Gang, The Depression Comments

THE COMEBACK CLINIC

His arm blown out, his career finished, Tommy John tried the surgery that led to a thousand comebacks.

WONDERS, COMEBACKSThe AtticNovember 1, 2023Tommy John, Tommy John surgery, Dr Frank Jobe, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball Comments

"LUCKIEST MAN" -- THE GRACE OF LOU GEHRIG

When the “bad break” ended his career — and soon his life — he stepped up to the plate and showed true class. (As seen in “The Pride of the Yankees.”)

HEROES, ATTIC AT THE MOVIESThe AtticJuly 2, 2021ALS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig, "Luckiest Man", New York Yankees, Baseball, Baseball lore Comments

WHEN BIGOTRY STRUCK OUT

When the Massachusetts team went South, its star black player came face-to-face with Jim Crow. And guess what the whole team did for Bunny?

History, HEROESThe AtticMay 17, 2019Springfield Mass, Baseball, Race Comments

THE CHICKEN WHO SAVED BASEBALL

Baseball was a fading relic. Then a Chaplinesque college kid put on a chicken suit.

Humor, WITSThe AtticSeptember 14, 2018San Diego Chicken, Baseball, Ted Giannoulas, San Diego Padres Comments