johnny bench

It's one thing to be so good at baseball, that the player is enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. It's another thing, when that same player faced the challenge of serving in the United States military during wartime. The U.S. Navy decided those players were special.

Johnny Bench, the greatest catcher in the history of Major League Baseball, was in the Capital Region this week for a hip replacement seminar set up by Stryker and St. Peters Hospital. Before his arrival I was able to catch up with Johnny for a couple minutes, to pick his mind on some of the current issue surrounding baseball...

A Cincinnati Reds fan battles to stay awake.  Although he fought the good fight, it doesn't look like he was entirely successful.

Hall of Famer Johnny Bench says Buster Posey played a major roll in the collision with Florida Marlins' outfielder Scott Cousins that left Posey injured.