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Howard Cosell hangs with Len Dawson and Johnny Unitas
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Mickey Owen’s Passed Ball maybe cost the Brooklyn Dodgers the Series in 1941
On October 5, 1941, the Brooklyn Dodgers led the NY Yankees 4-3 and were one out from winning Game 4 and tying the World Series at 2 games apiece. Yankee batter Tommy Henrich swung and missed for strike three, but the 3rd strike got passed Dodger catcher Mickey Owen, allowing Henrich to reach first base. The Yankees then rallied for 4 runs to win the game and take a 3-1 lead in the Series. The Yankees would win the World Series the next day. Ironically, Mickey Owen had set a record earlier in the year for consecutive fielding chances by a catcher without committing an error.
Footage from the last game at Sportsman's Park on May 8th, 1966. St. Louis Cardinals host the San Francisco Giants
In September 1957, the New York Giants of Baseball played their final game at the Polo Grounds in Washington Heights, New York
Polo Grounds I was originally built in 1883 and, after many modifications, was named Polo Grounds IV in 1911. The Giants played there until moving west in 1957. The horseshoe shape had the left and right field walls less than 300 feet and the centerfield wall was almost 500 feet. The bullpens were in fair territory in left and right center.
The phrase "Hot Dog" was coined by NY Journal sports cartoonist Tad Dorgan when he couldn't remember how to spell the word "dachshund" in describing the "red hot dachshund sausages" served at a game here in April 1901.
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Pirates Win 1979 World Series
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Yaz Homers in game 2 - 1967 WS
Johnny Bench
Lou Gehrig
Pirates Win 1979 World Series
DiMaggio and Williams
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Iowa vs San Francisco in the 1956 NCAA Championship Game... Bill Russell tallies 26 pts 27r eb 20 blks ...a double-triple-double
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