Looking at the Game of Baseball from all ends of the Spectrum
Pirate fans, Yankee-haters and baseball history buffs rejoice! Game Seven of the 1960 World Series will be shown on television this off-season.
All thanks to Bing Crosby who reportedly had the last copy of the game:
The copy had been in a vault Crosby built in his home and was discovered last year by an executive of Bing Crosby Enterprises. No other copy is known to have existed for nearly 40 years.
The game will be broadcast on MLB Network sometime this off-season.
Theyāve gone through physical training. Theyāve fine-tuned their hitting, pitching and fielding skills. Now, MLB rookies must go through a special class to āprepare them for life under the lights: how to live with the attentionā.
In other words, donāt post incriminating photos on the Facebook and Twitter, rubes.
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A few years ago, it was hard to get any info at all on winter league action. Not so much anymore. Teams are getting ready for the Caribbean Series.
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The Pirates unveiled a statue of Bill Mazeroski at PNC. Word has it, Maz was pretty teary-eyed at the event. The statue depicts him hitting his famous homerun against the Yankees in the 1960 World Series. Iām not a Pirate fan but Iād rather have it showing his fielding prowess. Your thoughts?
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On a personal note, tomorrow is my big day at the Kiwanis Sports Trivia Championship. My friend Shawn and I are team are teaming up to hopefully going to show our sports trivia prowess (or embarrass ourselves trying). Wish us luck!