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BELL, TIGERS, TAKE FIRST GAME OF SERIES FROM RED SOX

Cool Papa Bell (2-3, 2 RBI, SB) lifted his average to .367 as Detroit dispatched Boston in the opener of a four-game series at Briggs Stadium. Hal Newhouser (6-8) got the win.

BOSR (31-39) 1 6 1
DET (34-36) 7 14 0

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Good Lovin' - Grateful Dead - 10-31-1980 Radio City, NY set3-10

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One guess only. Identify the Negro Leagues ballplayers inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame *before* Cool Papa Bell was inducted in 1974.

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Willie, Mickey, and the Duke (Talkin' Baseball)

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YANKS UNLOAD AGAINST BUMS

Al Smith, Yogi Berra, and Phil Rizzuto all homered in the Bronx Bombers' victory over the visiting Dodgers. Barney Morris picked up his sixth win. Yanks back in a first-place tie with the Browns in the American.

BKN (46-29) 391
NYY (42-21) 681

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Willie, Mickey, and the Duke (Talkin' Baseball)

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So I asked Google to find a rock and roll song about #baseball to pair up with "Willie, Mickey, and the Duke" and it came up with this one, another '80s classic...

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https://youtu.be/6vQpW9XRiyM

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Though frankly, I would say Nolan's delivery is a bit more glorious than the one the Boss shows off in this video. :-)

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Today's hero, Al Smith, helped to win matching pennants for the very same city -- securing the flag as a regular in both the NAL and the American League.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Name both of those teams.

One guess only.

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Little Richard - Lucille (1957) - HD

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BROWNS FACE PHILLIES IN BATTLE OF FIRST-PLACE TEAMS

World Series preview? Could be. Ford Smith (8-4, 2.90) takes the mound for the 41-30 Browns; Amos Watson (3-9, 3.30) gets the start for the 47-24 Phillies. Buckle up!

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PHILLIES TOP BROWNS

Pat Patterson's eighth-inning double scored Buck Leonard for the GWRBI in a tense, close game. Watson logged his first win as a Phillie; LaMarque earned the save, fanning Gibson with a man on second and two out in the 9th.

STLB (41-31)470
PHI (48-24) 581

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The Treniers - Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)

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Charlie Pride - Kiss an Angel Good Morning

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:: thinks that Yusuf has been conferring with Craig Counsell and is trying to deke us out::

I am going to go to the well again and say the Cleveland Indians.

Talking Heads - Cities (Live 1983 - HD)

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CARDS BEAT PIRATES, MOVE INTO THIRD PLACE

St. Louis's Gentry Jessup (3-1) kept the Pirates off-balance, holding them to 3 hits in the CG victory. Musial: 3-4, 2 RBI, HR.
Pittsburgh's slide continues.

STLC (35-35) 4 11 0
PIT (35-37) 1 3 0

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I've watched a lot of videos about knuckleballers. This one from Pitching Ninja is one of the best. Superb slo-mo shots covering seven decades.

I love how the catchers in most of these shots have given up on the idea of giving the P a target!

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https://youtu.be/VbUhjWVU1pg

Knuckleballs & Grips From the Last 69 Years

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