Braves Yankees 1957 World Serious Game 1
The Brewers had a day off on Monday, August 24, 2026. So why not listen to game one from the Braves - Yankees 1957 World Series ?
https://dn720003.ca.archive.org/0/items/yankeesclassicradio/1957%2010%2002%20Braves%20at%20Yankees%20World%20Series%20Game%201%20Radio%20Broadcast.mp3
(BTW if you don't like the usage of serious for series then don't read the book, You Know Me Al, by Holden Caufield's favorite author: Ring Lardner - OK, Lardner was his favorite author other than his brother D.B.):
https://archive.org/details/youknowmealbushe00larduoft/page/n7/mode/2up
https://dn720003.ca.archive.org/0/items/yankeesclassicradio/1957%2010%2002%20Braves%20at%20Yankees%20World%20Series%20Game%201%20Radio%20Broadcast.mp3
(BTW if you don't like the usage of serious for series then don't read the book, You Know Me Al, by Holden Caufield's favorite author: Ring Lardner - OK, Lardner was his favorite author other than his brother D.B.):
https://archive.org/details/youknowmealbushe00larduoft/page/n7/mode/2up
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Here is the story that Holden mentions:
Here is the story that Holden mentions:
A few thoughts on the game:
Earl Gillespie did the intro !!
Earl was a local sportscaster at WITI channel 6 in Milwaukee when I was a kid. He gives Tony Kubek a shoutout as being from Milwaukee of course. AND he doesn't say HANK Aaron, he says Henry Aaron ! .322 batting average, 44 home runs and 132 RBI, amazing, just think if the Brewers had Henry Aaron - oh wait they did ! :) Earl was a little stilted compared to someone like Mel Allen but he wasn't in his plaid sport coat era yet :)
A lady opera type singer for the anthem ! Yikes !
About a 15 minute pregame. I have to confess that I never listen to the present day pre-game show.
The recording is from Schenectady stations WGY WGFM, their commercial stepped on the intro so not sure who the announcer is, but he says Hank Aaron :(
The announcer mentions this several times in the Gillette ads:
source: https://keymancollectibles.com/publications/1957Gilletteflipbook.htm
Pretty clever. Here is one on Ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/227382566818
Earl takes over the play-by-play from Bob Neil after 4 1/2 innings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Gillespie
In the 5th, Whitey Ford walks Warren Spahn on 4 pitches ! Sometimes having the pitcher hit was interesting, maybe it speeded up the game ? Game 1 was only 2 hr 10 min long. Ford went the whole 9 innings.
source: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA195710020.shtml
The Braves lost this first game: 3-1 BUT as we all know, the Braves did win the series :)
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
Earl Gillespie did the intro !!
Earl was a local sportscaster at WITI channel 6 in Milwaukee when I was a kid. He gives Tony Kubek a shoutout as being from Milwaukee of course. AND he doesn't say HANK Aaron, he says Henry Aaron ! .322 batting average, 44 home runs and 132 RBI, amazing, just think if the Brewers had Henry Aaron - oh wait they did ! :) Earl was a little stilted compared to someone like Mel Allen but he wasn't in his plaid sport coat era yet :)
A lady opera type singer for the anthem ! Yikes !
About a 15 minute pregame. I have to confess that I never listen to the present day pre-game show.
The recording is from Schenectady stations WGY WGFM, their commercial stepped on the intro so not sure who the announcer is, but he says Hank Aaron :(
The announcer mentions this several times in the Gillette ads:
source: https://keymancollectibles.com/publications/1957Gilletteflipbook.htm
Pretty clever. Here is one on Ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/227382566818
Earl takes over the play-by-play from Bob Neil after 4 1/2 innings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Gillespie
In the 5th, Whitey Ford walks Warren Spahn on 4 pitches ! Sometimes having the pitcher hit was interesting, maybe it speeded up the game ? Game 1 was only 2 hr 10 min long. Ford went the whole 9 innings.
source: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA195710020.shtml
The Braves lost this first game: 3-1 BUT as we all know, the Braves did win the series :)
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
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