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	Select an Archives Section: JP Archives: Baseball Insider 57 Archived Articles Found in Baseball Insider Next 20 Articles > 21) Posted Mar 11 2010 2010 Season Preview By Irwin Cohen As we clean for Pesach, several players will be cleaning out their lockers after being released by teams paring down their rosters for Opening Day. Read Article 22) Posted Feb 10 2010 Spring's Almost Here By Irwin Cohen With spring training almost upon us, our attention turns to Arizona (Cactus League) and Florida (Grapefruit League). Read Article 23) Posted Jan 06 2010 Reflections On A Pair Of Detroit Favorites By Irwin Cohen Detroit is in mourning. The most popular sports figure around these parts will no longer be wearing a Detroit Tigers uniform. Read Article 24) Posted Dec 09 2009 Fantasy Come True By Irwin Cohen Seventy-eight degrees and sunny. That's what it was that Thursday afternoon in November when I arrived in Tampa, site of the Yankees Fantasy Camp. After checking into the Sheraton Suites where the campers were staying for the Monday through Saturday camp, I shuttled to George M. Steinbrenner Field (where the Yanks play during spring training and also the home of the Tampa Yankees, three levels below the major leagues), to join the camp in progress. Read Article 25) Posted Nov 11 2009 Another Season Goes Into The Books By Irwin Cohen Forget the results. The 2009 World Series featured the two best teams in baseball. In the old days, the Series always had the best team in the American League against the best team in the National League. But with the advent of two rounds of league playoffs, a good but not great team that has a hot week or two can find itself in the World Series. Read Article 26) Posted Oct 07 2009 Greenberg Goes To Shul By Irwin Cohen It was 75 years ago. In 1934 in my city of Detroit, a survey revealed that 33.1 percent of male Jews in the area were proprietors, managers, and officials and had a median income of $1,638. Read Article 27) Posted Sep 09 2009 My Half-Century At Tiger Stadium By Irwin Cohen It's been 10 years since the last game was played at Tiger Stadium. Memories of the storied ballpark have been turned into books and tapes, audio and video (I had a hand in adding to the aforementioned). Read Article 28) Posted Aug 12 2009 Remembering The Moonwalk, Anticipating Kosher Fantasy Camp By Irwin Cohen When Gaylord Perry made it to the major leagues with the San Francisco Giants in 1962, manager Alvin Dark told him that while he had the makings of being a good pitcher, he would be a terrible hitter. In fact, Dark told Perry that man would walk on the moon before Perry would ever hit a home run. Read Article 29) Posted Jul 08 2009 Lou Gehrig, The Brothers Pipp And Henry Ford By Irwin Cohen He died 44 years ago and even though he wasn't a Hall of Famer his name will always be linked to one of the greatest players of all time. Read Article 30) Posted Jun 10 2009 A Tale Of Two Ballparks By Irwin Cohen Ebbets Field, the Polo Grounds, the original Yankee Stadium, the renovated Yankee Stadium, and Shea Stadium - as I said last month, I'd been to them all. Read Article 31) Posted May 06 2009 Remembering New York's Old Stadiums By Irwin Cohen Last month I predicted the Yankees, Indians and Angels would top their divisions in the American League, while the Mets, Cubs and Diamondbacks would do the same in the National League. Read Article 32) Posted Apr 07 2009 Wiping Off The Old Crystal Ball For 2009 By Irwin Cohen The baseball spotlight, as always, is on New York. Read Article 33) Posted Mar 11 2009 A Taste Of Summer By Irwin Cohen Spring training is underway in Arizona and Florida and we're all looking forward to our favorite teams coming home to start the regular season in April. Read Article 34) Posted Feb 11 2009 They Will Be Missed By Irwin Cohen He was the oldest former major league ballplayer when he died last month at the age of 100. Bill Werber was a teammate of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth with the Yankees in 1930 and again three years later. He also played for the Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants before retiring in 1942 with a .271 career batting average. He outhit Hank Greenberg .370 to .357 in the 1940 World Series, leading the Reds over the Tigers in seven games. Read Article 35) Posted Jan 07 2009 Baseball, Finances, And A Senator Named Bunning By Irwin Cohen Baseball fans know C. C. Sabathia signed a $161-million, seven-year contract with the Yankees. Not many fans know C. C. is short for Carsten Charles. Read Article 36) Posted Dec 10 2008 Remembering The 'Yiddish Infielder' By Irwin Cohen It was the 20th yahrzeit of Andy Cohen (no relation) recently, and he was remembered by some of the fans in my favorite shul. Read Article 37) Posted Nov 12 2008 A Look Back At '08 By Irwin Cohen The year is passing quickly. The balls and bats, the lulavim and esrogim, the Phillies World Series memorabilia - all have been put away, and it's time to look back on the 2008 baseball season. Read Article 38) Posted Oct 08 2008 A True American Hero By Irwin Cohen Those of us who grew up when television was considered kosher in its black and white days remember "The Stratton Story," a 1949 movie that aired often on TV in the '50s starring Jimmy Stewart as Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton, who lost a leg in an off-season hunting accident in 1938 near his Greenville, Texas home. Read Article 39) Posted Sep 10 2008 Remembering Bob Fishel By Irwin Cohen It was Bob Fishel's 20th yahrzeit. Kaddish was said. Fishel never married but left hundreds of admirers. Read Article 40) Posted Jul 09 2008 Jerry Manuel - Brainy, But Is He Fiery Enough? By Irwin Cohen Mets general manager Omar Minaya hired Willie Randolph as manager prior to the 2005 season and fired him last month with the team's record stuck at a mediocre 34-35. Read Article 57 Archived Articles Found in Baseball Insider Next 20 Articles >
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