Baseball Memories
The first baseball color telecast occurred at the 1955 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
It was the beginning of my love for Major League Baseball.
The Dodgers starting lineup: Junior Gilliam, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges, Don Hoak, Don Zimmer, and the pitcher Johnny Podres, along with defensive replacement Sandy Amoros.
The Yankees starting lineup: Phil Rizzuto, Billy Martin, Gil McDougald, Yogi Berra, Hand Bauer, Moose Skowron, Bob Cerv, Elston Howard, pitcher Tommy Byrne, along with pinch-hitter Mickey Mantle and reliever Bob Turley.
All those names stand out in my mind as if the seventh game of the 1955 World Series happened yesterday. The seventh game and the World Series: won by the Dodgers, 2-0. WP: Podres, LP Byrne... while both runs were driven in by Hodges.
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