Until Color TV came along, BW TV was too muddy to be enjoyable.

Heroes don't need to talk about what they did.

Yogi Berra, Bill Lee, they were irreverent, poked fun at the stodgy owners and managers.

Curt Flood, of course, was in a class by himself, a true hero.

The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.

I became exclusively an American League fan when they instituted the DH rule, and will remain so until the National League moves out of the dark ages.

1946, if my memory is correct. Harry "The Cat" Brecheen went against the Red Sox in Game 7. I stayed home to listen, practically had my head inside the radio.