Tag Archives: Duke Snider

Duke Snider – RIP

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 27th February 2011

Duke Snider, one of my boyhood heroes died today; he was 84. I’ve already written about him and the rest of the Brooklyn Dodgers – here.  One of the great players on a great team. He was a power hitter who fielded with grace. He played on a team that was from another world. Professional…

› Read the full entry

Baseball Hall of Fame Permanently Contaminated

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 20th August 2008

Walter O’Malley was recently inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. If you grew up in Brooklyn when the Brooklyn Dodgers were still there as I did there is no worse villain than Walter O’Malley. O’Malley’s  election to baseball’s Hall of Fame is as apposite as the Pope bestowing sainthood on Vladimir Putin. If you ask…

› Read the full entry