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Always Wanted to Do This
I (Evander) always fantasized broadcasting a major-league baseball game—or at least one inning. But either at the stadium or in front of the boob tube with the sound turned off, I have found the task requires enormous skill. Time was … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Bob Murphy, Chicago Cubs, Dizzy Dean, Harry Caray, Jerry Coleman, Joe Morgan, John Sterling, Lindsey Nelson, Mel Allen, New York Giants, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Ralph Kiner, Ronald Reagan, Suzyn Waldman, Tim McCarver, Vin Scully, Waite Hoyt
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Sinko day mayo 1956
I (Evander) have waxed perhaps not-so-poetic(ly) on May 22 as the upcoming jubilee of the home run Mickey Mantle nearly launched out of old Yankee Stadium. Some estimates have the ball traveling something like 730 feet. More realistically its distance, … Continue reading
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Tagged Babe Birrer, Billy Crystal, Billy Martin, Bob Turley, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Dick Conovan, Don Larsen, doubleheader, Johnny Kucks, Kansas City Athletics, Lou Kretlow, Major League Baseball, Mel Allen, Mickey Mantle, Moe Burtschy, Phil Rizzuto, Triple Crown, World Series, Yankee Stadium
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A Half-century Later: Mickey Mantle Blast
May 22, 1963, Yankee Stadium (the original of course), a night game, Mickey Mantle almost bombs a home run clear out of the park. In subsequent interviews, Mantle considered it the hardest he ever hit a baseball. (He said the … Continue reading
Farewell, Moose Skowron
The baseball firmament lost one of its all-time World Series stars. Bill “Moose” Skowron, a fixture at Yankees Oldtimers’ Day for decades following his career, died of congestive heart failure and cancer. Although he made the final out in the … Continue reading
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