Wally Pipp was the Yankees' longtime starting first baseman, who led the American League with 19 triples in 1924. Legend has it that Pipp was given the day the off early in the 1925 season because of ...
May 28—Have you ever been Wally Pipped? Not sure how to answer that? I wasn't either — until about 30 years ago, when I worked at WDAY-TV alongside a delightful guy named Brian Walz. He was one of ...
Did you blow off work today because of a headache? If so, you have Wally Pipp’s sympathy. At least you would if he hadn’t died in 1965. But the Yankees’ first baseman has lived on as the most famous ...
Have you ever been Wally Pipped? Not sure how to answer that? I wasn’t either — until about 30 years ago, when I worked at WDAY-TV alongside a delightful guy named Brian Walz. He was one of those ...