[Redbob]

Good piece.

And until the likes of Barry Bonds, baseball was where you go to recapture your innocence.

[rhema]

[BallyBill]

When I first got cable tv in the early '80's I saw a commercial with him for The Money Store(?) I didn't know who he was and I thought he was a mobster.

Holy Cow!

[floozy22]

Thanks for posting. I grew up a Yankee fan in NJ. Rizzuto & Bill White were the best announcers ever, in my opinion. They were warm, entertaining, and connected, with the fans and with baseball. Frank Messer was the 3rd wheel, more serious, which kind of balanced Rizzuto & White. They were great announcers, they loved baseball and loved the Yankees.

[sinanju]

Gee, I was thinking the “innocence stolen” theme would be about rock’n’roll ballader Meat Loaf using one of his clips in the song “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” in 1977.

[the invisib1e hand]

baseball rocks. just something about it. whatever sport you like is your business. for my money, baseball is the heart and soul of the greatest nation that ever was.