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Hal Smith

For want of a nail

October 14, 2010

One of these days, some enterprising person is going to go back to all those historic baseball games and write about the secondary events that helped pave the way for a Kirk Gibson, a Joe Carter, or a Bill Mazeroski to become part of the lore of the national pastime. But don’t forget the Hal […]

Tagged as: Bill Mazeroski, Hal Smith, World Series

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You make the call — 50 years later!

October 1, 2010

The news that a kinescope recording of the final game of the 1960 World Series was found in the wine cellar of the late Bing Crosby is being hailed as such an important discovery, one would think we were talking about the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Sure, it a cool find, kinda like an […]

Tagged as: 1960 World Series, Bing Crosby, Hal Smith, Mickey Mantle, Rocky Nelson

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