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Singleton grateful to Steinbrenner
I can imagine how the phones are ringing off their hooks in the Yankees office after George Steinbrenner’s passing, because here in Baltimore our house phone and Ken’s cell haven’t stopped jingling...
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Ma! You threw away my baseball cards?
Ken is still in disbelief that years back his “Ma” tossed his collection of baseball cards from their home in Mt Vernon, N.Y. “I had a lot of cards,” he said, remembering a few stuffed shoeboxes...
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Let’s talk about spit
Spit grosses me out. Thankfully, I am not a spitter — not now nor as a softball player. I didn’t like it when the Catholic schoolboys made spitballs nor do I like it in public when someone “hocks a...
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Anatomy of a broadcaster’s briefcase
Fans may be surprised to learn that a baseball broadcaster doesn’t show up 15 minutes before a game to go on-air. “That’s not the way it works,” said my husband Ken Singleton, who devotes hours to his...
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When it’s Ken they really want
People are funny without realizing it – and just a little transparent. If you were married to a doctor, would you be expected to answer medical questions? If you lived with a singer, would people...
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Friendly foursomes
Strangers’ grins peer out from a collection of photos scattered around Ken’s office: some buried under paper piles, some stuck in drawers, others graduated to frames, sitting on a crowded credenza...
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Torn between pinstripes and birds?
Ken is in “commute” mode this weekend, able to zip down I-83 to Camden Yards from our home in Baltimore County, instead of hopping a plane or train to meet up with the Yankees and the YES Network...
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Kay wedding just like in the movies
New York City. The Plaza Hotel. Across from the northwest corner of Central Park. Black tie attire. Two New York personalities tie the knot. Room full of baseball celebrities and pros. Yankees and YES...
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Jeter-man Joe: A dying boy’s wish
There exists a plethora of Derek Jeter fans and they all want an autographed baseball. One young Baltimore boy didn’t have much time left to get one … he was dying from leukemia. Two weeks ago, when...
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Playing as an African-American in the 60′s
While watching the Jackie Robinson Day ceremony at Yankee Stadium April 15, our friend Joe commented about the current players,”These guys have no idea what black players went through back then,” as...
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