More About Ted Kluszewski and Me
September 9, 2013 by Greg Howell · Leave a Comment
“Earl’s not gonna like that mustache.” Earl was Earl Smith, head baseball coach at East Carolina University. The mustache was mine. Tim Bayless was a starting pitcher for the ECU Pirates and he knew I soon was headed to the school with the intention of becoming a Pirate. On this particular day, however, Tim picked […]
A Picture Worth Almost Two Thousand Words: Ted Kluszewski and Me
September 2, 2013 by Greg Howell · 15 Comments
It was a moment that now seems almost as if I imagined it. It was the summer of 1972, I was seventeen years old, freshly graduated from high school, away from home, somewhere in Ohio, and Iron Mike was hurling baseballs at me in a batting cage. Having spent considerable time in this same situation […]