Tag: Mel Allen
A World Series of runaway wins and punishing losses; Yet it all came down to a Bill Mazeroski crusher!
WANT TO ENLIVEN BASEBALL? HEED THE 1960 WORLD SERIES PART FOUR: A HOME RUN […]
In 1960, the Bucs’ Bill Mazeroski won the World Series with a 9th inning crusher in Game #7!
WANT TO ENLIVEN BASEBALL? HEED THE 1960 WORLD SERIES. Criticized by some for seeming old-timey, […]
Each MLB team and its most popular voice ever, Part One; Rizzuto has it on popularity in New York
Part One – More to come Phil Rizzuto! Why? You ask. Wasn’t Mel Allen […]
With 44,000 sets in U.S., the first World Series telecast was 72 years ago today; See timeline: 1947-2019
Seventy two years ago today, history was made. The first ever World Series game […]
Historian Curt Smith answers mystery question: Why Mel Allen was fired by GM Ralph Houk in ’64
The ceremony honoring this year’s Ford Frick winner, Bob Costas, will be held Saturday evening in Cooperstown, […]