Wednesday marked the anniversary of the longest home run ever hit at the old Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, a monster blast hit by Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Willie Stargell. It came off Jim Bunning in a 14-4 Pirates’ win. The ball landed in section 601 and the spot where the ball landed was commemorated with a black "S" inscribed within a yellow star inside a white … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Remembering When Pops Was Tops
1979
Remembering Thurman Munson Last Flight and Final Cards
One of my all-time favorite lines from any book I've ever read is actually a what-if line included in Dave Marsh’s terrific book The Heart Of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Every Made. The line is “the plane stayed in the air” as it refers to the doomed aircraft Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Richie Valens were traveling on in a snowy February … [Read more...] about Remembering Thurman Munson Last Flight and Final Cards
Ramblings: Hobby’s Year of Change Recalled
The great storytelling sportscaster Red Barber once wrote a book titled: "1947, When all Hell Broke Loose in Baseball". I've always wondered what year we would say all hell broke loose in baseball card collecting and to me, one the of the candidates would be 1979. Why 35 years ago? In terms of card collecting, 1979 was truly a year in which we started growing up as a … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Hobby’s Year of Change Recalled