Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

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

The Nellie Fox Auction, Part 4

February 10, 2022 | by Al Hunter

The Nellie Fox auction is over and I’ve had some time to reflect, mostly during the 8 1/2 hour drive home from Chambersburg, Penn. The auction was held on Saturday, January 22, at Kenny’s Auction House. I detailed Nellie and the auction of his personal property in the past three … Read More

Nellie Fox, Sparkplug of the Go-Go White Sox, Part 3

February 3, 2022 | by Al Hunter

It was Saturday, January 22, the big day had arrived. It was time for the Joanne & Nellie Fox Estate Auction at Kenny’s Auction House in Chambersburg, Penn. At 11 degrees with a wind chill below zero, baseball was likely the furthest thing from anyone’s mind. After passing three snowmobiles … Read More