Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The God Squad versus the Garbage Pail Kids

March 17, 2022 | by Al Hunter

Looks like Major League baseball is on again. Right now, diehard hardball fans are on their knees thanking the baseball gods that the Billionaires versus Millionaires battle is over and the season is set to start. I usually try and write a baseball article every spring to kinda kick the … Read More

This Red, White and Black of the American Revolution

March 10, 2022 | by Al Hunter

    While poking through a drag-box of pinback buttons at an antique show recently, I came across a pin that piqued my interest. The pin celebrates the USA Bicentennial back in 1976. Since I am of the generation that can easily recall that nationwide celebration of our collective 200th … Read More

John Glenn & Ted Williams: The Flying Leathernecks

March 3, 2022 | by Al Hunter

On February 16, 1953, a wounded fighter jet approached the airfield at Suwon, Korea. The plane’s radio was inoperable, its hydraulic system gone, and it was trailing smoke and bleeding fluids. Its streaming 30-foot ribbon of fire all indicated serious danger. The pilot brought his hobbled midnight-blue F9F Grumman “Panther” … Read More

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: The Bricks, Part 2

February 24, 2022 | by Al Hunter

On February 14, 1929, in Chicago, seven members of the Bugs Moran Northside gang were gunned down by Al Capone’s Southside gang in a crime that would forever become known as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The garage on Clark Street was demolished in 1967. The bricks from the wall … Read More

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: The Bricks, Part 1

February 17, 2022 | by Al Hunter

I have a thing for bricks. Ask my wife, she’ll roll her eyes and acknowledge that bricks are one of the many windmills I tilt at. I am not alone. I know many Irvingtonians who share my weird obsession. I recall a conversation years ago with everybody’s favorite Irvington neighbor … Read More