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Jared Says for March 2002
Frank Crosetti died a couple of weeks ago. Hard to believe the man was 91. I can still picture him aside the third base coaches box at the old, and the best, Yankee Stadium. Before coaching he was a Yankee shortstop and he spent his whole baseball career as a Yankee.

Crosetti, and the New York teams of Yankees, Giants, and Dodgers were part of my childhood either in person or on TV..Yankees and Giants Channel 11(WPIX), and the Dodgers and Happy Felton on Channel 9 (WOR). All 3 were sponsored by beer companies and in those days the announcers guzzled a pilser glass of beer every couple of innings. Mel Allen was something in those extra innings games.

Here are some web sites that talk about Frank Crosetti:
http://www.ballfourbook.com/crosetti.shtml
Baseball Library.com
Crosetti Career Statistics

Nothing beat going to the ballpark. Unfortunately, I never made it to Ebbets Field, but I saw those great Giant/ Dodger games in the Polo Grounds. Mecca was Yankee Stadium, overpowering the others except for the Polo Grounds centerfield. Our neighbor was a postman and his friends worked the turnstiles at the Stadium. He would fill the car with kids and after the first inning we would all sneak in. My father did not like baseball, but that did not hold my brother and me back. We used to get Father's Day tickets for the 3 of us and that forced him to go. It was always a doubleheader, a hot, hot day and it seems like Vic Raschi and Allie Reynolds were always the pitchers. Great memories.

Next month I will make my annual baseball predictions. Until the I hope your picking will be better than mine.

Until Next Time,

            Good Picking!
                    Jared

 

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