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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Frank Robinson: Player/Manager with Homerun/Win

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On April 8, 1975 , Frank Robinson broke the managing color barrier in Major League Baseball.  For the first time in league history, the Clev...
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Thursday, April 9, 2015

The Story of the 1957 World Series Game 1 release

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The 1957 World Series is one of the few kinescope-era World Series that we have multiple complete or near complete broadcasts.  In 2007, we...
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Monday, April 6, 2015

RIP Lon Simmons (1923-2015)

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One of the original San Fransisco Giants game announcers, Lon Simmons passed away Sunday.  The Giants issued the following in their press re...
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Sunday, April 5, 2015

When Campy Forgot the Number of Outs

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Happy Opening Night! MLB.com gives us a 17-second clip on their YouTube channel of some vintage color videotape footage.  The wonderful p...
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Saturday, March 7, 2015

1972: Hooton Heaves (No-)Hits

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*This post is part of an on-going series cataloging surviving broadcast footage from 1972 . When rookie Burt Hooton took the mound on Apr...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

From Maz to Sandy to Gibby: Game 7s (Kinescoped)

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To restate the old sportscaster’s adage: There are no two more exciting words in sports than ‘Game Seven’ .  Tonight, we will be treated to ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

The 1972 Season: What has survived?

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The charm of baseball exists in the peaks and valleys of a full season.  If you catch a World Series or a playoff game, you are getting a tr...
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Monday, July 14, 2014

REVIEW: 45th MLB All-Star Game (1974)

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As Major League Baseball gathers in Minneapolis for the 85th annual All-Star Game, I wanted to take a look back forty years ago at the 45th ...
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Sunday, July 6, 2014

60 Years of Orioles on TV (Part 1)

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For their 60th anniversary, the Baltimore Orioles have opened up their archives and published scans of every media guide the team has put ou...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

The 45th Anniversary of 'Billy Williams Day'

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On a day in which Billy Williams would tie and pass Stan Musial in a doubleheader against Stan's old team, we've been treated over a...
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