Welcome to the 1960s when baseball was beloved. ! A decade of change and excitement in Major League Baseball. It started with Mantle and Maris and ended with the “AMAZIN” Mets. In between, there was the pitching of Koufax and Drysdale, Bob Gibson, Denny McClain and Tom Seaver. Relive the heroics of Mazeroski, the Robinsons, “Hammerin” Hank and Yaz. Also view,arguably, the most exciting pennant race finish of all time, the 1967 Bosox triumph. And let’s not neglect the rise to power of the lowly Pirates. All this and so much more. A great time to spread the word to friends and family. Subscribe today - it’s FREE!
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I am so proud of my friend Jim Halloran's Substack newsletter. I also write at Substack, about politics mostly, and "7 decades of baseball pennant races" is a welcome and refreshing respite from the nonsense and calamity that overwhelm our world today. That said, when I become Commissioner of Baseball the first thing I will do is eliminate the DH in both leagues. This is such a tragedy, and like challenge flags and robot umpires, it's ruining the game. This is what happens when lawyers, not baseball people, run the game. Recall back to June 23, 1971, when Rick Wise no-hit the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront and drove in 3 of the Phillies' 4 runs with two home runs. After the game the radio announcer wanted Wise to talk about his no-hitter. Rick Wise wanted to talk about the home runs. Unless Organized Baseball wises up and understands what makes baseball such a colorful and awesomely, uniquely wonderful game, it will become about as exciting as a soccer match.
Great comments Steve. The Rick Wise story is a classic. It is not the lawyers ruining the game. It is the greedy corporations that they work for.
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