"He instinctively can find the shining greatness of our American culture and does a good job of highlighting it (although he also does have those rare lapses when he writes about hockey, but that is something caused by impurities in the Eastern waters or something)." Erik Keilholtz
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Here's Ted Williamscrossing the plate after hitting the winning homer in the 1941 All Star Game at Detroit. If MLB gets its clips working, you can see footage of the Splendid Splinter hitting the fabled round-tripper in '41, and of Reggie Jackson, 30 years later, hitting one off the Tiger Stadium roof in the '71 Midsummer Classic.
Meantime, if tonight's Home Run Derby left you nostalgic for the original TV version from the late '50s, before the hype took over and $500 was some long green, you can see a clip of vintage Wally Post-vs-Dick Stuart by scrolling all the way to the bottom of this page at TV Party.
Elsewhere, Sheila O'Malley pays tribute to the Impossible Dream Red Sox of 1967, while also recalling EB White's birthday. She'll be added to the favorites posthaste. How is it she wasn't there before now? (Via the Llamas)
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