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Life is a Curveball
What began as a baseball book turned into something else again. When eight boxes of Waite “Schoolboy” Hoyt’s files arrived on my front...
Tim Manners
Apr 12 min read
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Lost Memoir Sparks Hoyt Family Reunion
Waite "Schoolboy" Hoyt's Posthumous Autobiography Reunites His Survivors in Cooperstown As many as 20 survivors of Yankees ace pitcher...
Tim Manners
Jul 12, 20242 min read
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Heaven Can Waite
A Mysterious Penny Jolts the "Schoolboy" Book Tour in Cincinnati As I stepped into the hotel shower, at around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, June...
Tim Manners
Jun 24, 20243 min read
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Young and a Yankee: A Father’s Day Message for Baseball Fans
Schoolboy Waite Hoyt was first to admit he was not cut out for fatherhood (Clockwise: Addison and Waite Hoyt; John McGraw; Ed Barrow;...
Tim Manners
Jun 5, 20245 min read
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Waite Hoyt: A Tale of Two Schoolboys
The Yankees ace pitcher and Reds announcer was haunted by what might have been Waite Hoyt spent about 24 years as a professional...
Tim Manners
Apr 1, 20244 min read
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The Schoolboy & the Queen City
Waite Hoyt’s second act in Cincinnati seemed pre-ordained. It may have saved his life. When Schoolboy Waite Hoyt left New York, he wasn’t...
Tim Manners
Feb 8, 20243 min read
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Waite Hoyt: In the Rain with the Reds
How an epic storyteller found his radio voice -- and himself -- in Cincinnati When the Brooklyn Dodgers released Waite Hoyt in May of...
Tim Manners
Dec 12, 20233 min read
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Should Waite Hoyt be in the Hall of Fame?
Schoolboy's contributions before, during and after his big-league career are singular. National Baseball Hall of Fame, Class of '69....
Tim Manners
Oct 13, 20233 min read
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Ruth, Gehrig & Hoyt: The Power Trio
Their personal and athletic chemistry was the blueprint of the Yankees Dynasty (Left to right: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Waite Hoyt) Babe...
Tim Manners
Aug 16, 20233 min read
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Who, What ... Waite Hoyt?
Waite "Schoolboy" Hoyt helped spark and define the New York Yankees dynasty I had known Christopher Waite Hoyt for at least two years...
Tim Manners
Jun 11, 20233 min read
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Waite Hoyt: A Hero's Journey
The Yankees ace's true destiny was not to wear pinstripes or be enshrined in bronze Die-hard Yankees fans may think of Waite “Schoolboy”...
Tim Manners
Apr 7, 20235 min read
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