If it’s true that famous deaths come in threes I’d be worried if I was Derek Jeter or Alex Rodriguez. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died Tuesday morning from a heart attack. His death comes just two days after Bob Sheppard, the legendary Yankees stadium announcer died Sunday. Known simply as “The Boss,” Steinbrenner bought the Yankees in 1973. As owner, he oversaw 11 American League pennants and seven World Series Championships. Steinbrenner will be remembered as an owner who was never afraid to open his wallet, but was equally demanding that his money fielded a winner. Before “The Boss” made…
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Everyone threw up their arms after former West Point safety Caleb Campbell was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 7th Round of the 2008 NFL Draft and Army Secretary Pete Geren decided to not free him from his 5-year service commitment. Some Campbell supporters pointed to former NBA star David Robinson, who graduated from the Naval Academy, as an example of why the military should allow the few academy graduates who have a shot to play for a professional team to pursue their dreams. The services can then reap the rewards of free publicity. This year, Campbell will be…
Braves right fielder Jason Heyward isn’t old enough to order a beer, yet the 20-year-old phenom has MLB scouts drooling over his potential and will most likely battle Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg for rookie of the year honors. Turns out his dad, Eugene Heyward, works at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., as an engineer who works on electronic warfare programs for the 402nd Software Maintenance Group. The Macon Telegraph caught up with the elder Heyward, who spoke about what it was (or is) like to raise a baseball phenom who has already hit nine homeruns.
Air Force Academy baseball coach Mike Hutcheon didn’t feel much like watching his reeling baseball program get swept by the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels this weekend. Rather than sit and watch a team that had five players suspended last month and another two dismissed earlier in the season, Hutcheon, who has already announced his resignation, got thrown out of two games and suspended from the third of the three-game weekend series. To be fair, a source who attended the game told After Action that Hutcheon got thrown out because of bad umpiring. However, the consecutive ejections draw more negative attention to…
Former Army pitching ace Nick Hill is back on the mound this spring, continuing his quest to be a major league pitcher — which would make him the first West Point grad to play in majors. Hill, a 2007 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, took part in Seattle Mariners spring training before going back down to the minors March 10. On Saturday he tossed three no-hit innings for the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx, the Mariners’ AA affiliate. Last season Hill led West Tennessee in strikeouts with 100. The good people at the Times Herald-Record caught up with Hill in…
Marines will participate in a Red Sox-Yankees game in May as part of Marine Week Boston.
A team of Naval Academy midshipmen will be presenting the colors at tonight’s game two of the World Series in New York, in which the New York Yankees, down a game, will try to equalize the series against the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies. Inspired by the service and patriotism of those midshipmen, After Action decided to take a look at the series so far and offers this preview of tonight’s game.
