When the Yankees filmed an advertisement for a web development company this summer, it humorously played off Manager Joe Girardi’s image as a square, fatherly figure puzzled by the priorities of his younger players. As it turned out, art was not imitating life — it was forecasting it. Girardi’s inability to communicate well with an…
He and Craig Biggio, another Hall of Famer who spent his full career with Houston, finished just one season in last place. They were mostly good, but never good enough. Bagwell and Biggio reached the playoffs six times together but advanced to the World Series only in their final trip, in 2005, when they were…
Springer comes from an athletic family. His sisters were standout softball players. His paternal grandfather moved to the United States from Panama to play baseball. His father, George Jr., played baseball in the Little League World Series and then college football at Connecticut. It was at school that George Jr. met his wife, Laura, a…