Wednesday; June 24
When I was a youngster in the 1960s and 1970s, there were a few things you could count on. First of all, Walter Cronkite was going to be reporting the news every weeknight on CBS and second, there was going to be one major league baseball game on NBC every Saturday afternoon. It was not like it is today when you can pick and choose what games you want to watch, you just watched whatever was on because – well, because that was what was on. I spent many a Saturday afternoon with Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubeck and my personal favorite Joe Garagiola. I liked Garagiola because he was almost as funny as he was knowledgeable. I leaned such gems as, “There is no defense against a base on balls.” and “The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.” Yet, maybe my favorite baseball quote from him was, “Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn’t even the best catcher on my street!” – this really makes sense when you realize that Joe grew up in the same