Below, a truly interesting and revealing interview with Pete Lollar, the son of All-Star catcher Sherm Lollar.
Pete talks of great memories of such greats as Luis Aparichio, Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra.
A truly revealing father son and mom story complete with some great baseball memories.
Enjoy.
While the Cleveland Guardians made it (3-0) on the road in these playoffs overcoming an early (2-0) deficit and beating the top seed Tampa Bay Rays in their ALCS opener, the Milwaukee Brewers in a bid for just their second pennant, took a (2-0) NLCS lead over the two time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers with a (7-4) game 2 win, which followed a (2-1) triumph in the opening game.
Cleveland lost the first two games of their best of 5 “div” series vs the Chicago White Sox at home, however became just the fourth team to overcome such a situation and win the series, joining the 2001 Yankees, 2012 San Francisco Giants and 2015 Toronto Blue Jays.
Meanwhile the Brewers thrice ousted by the Dodgers in post-season play, all in the last 8 seasons and twice in the NLCS including being swept last year, head to L.A. with their first ever (2-0) lead in a best of seven series.
A second time was needed for the broadcast to note that the Brewers are bidding for just their second pennant not just their first since 1982.
Cecil Cooper delivered the big hit in Milwaukee’s game 5 home win vs the Angels in that series, an all home teams wins, best of five, in which the Angels won the first two, but the Brewers took the last three.
The above referenced League Championship Series begin tonight in Milwaukee, where all four L.A. vs Milwaukee series with the National League Pennant as the prize, have started. Tomorrow night after L.A./Milw plays a late afternoon #2, the Rays of Tampa Bay host the Cleveland Guardians (their pitching fanned 19 White Sox in game 3 and 21 in last night’s decisive 5th game as “Cleve” overcame a (2-0) best of 5 series deficit, having lost the first two games at home), in their opener.
L.A. Dodgers won all three previous such and also a Covid year, say wild card round entity, going on to title thrice (’59, 2020 and 2025).
In ’59 it was an unscheduled playoff for the pennant that the Dodgers won in 2 straight games, one in each city but the Milwaukee team, a darn good one was the Braves, not the Brewers.
On their way to the not so hot 2020 title that turned their post-season fortunes, L.A. beat the Brewers in 2 straight wild card round games and they also swept Milwaukee (4-0) in last year’s NLCS before (4-3) ing Toronto and repeating as World Series winners for the first time in franchise history.
Pictured as a Brooklyn Dodgers player below, Carl Furillo as an L.A. Dodger singled and that combined with an error scored another more Brooklyn than L.A. player, Gil Hodges with the 1959 pennant clinching run.
Both WNBA semi-final series ended 2 nights back with the second year and second seed Golden State Valkyries sweeping the defending champion Las Vegas Aces and the 4th seed Atlanta Dream doing same vs the “8” seed, New York Liberty.
Now the teams must wait a week for the best of seven final (first such in this the league’s thirtieth season), to commence.
The series is considered even, with G.S. slight game 1 favorites on Saturday afternoon.
Why the long wait?!
“Waterfront,” “North By Northwest,” Classy, So Talented And More
Eva Marie Saint, who died days back at age 102, burst into “that which moves us cinema,” in the seminal film “On The Waterfront.”
I believe in the scene above with the superb actor Marlon Brando, Ms. Saint truly burst, beginning an epic film career after some excellent work on the stage.
Even with commercials and multiple times having viewed “Waterfront”–it being so complicated, with such a great cast and issues beyond the literal, the Kazan directed classic never fails to move and entertain me.
Ms. Saint is certainly an integral part, as she is in the Alfred Hitchcock directed “North by Northwest,” opposite Carey Grant with James Mason and young Martin Landau as “bad guys.”
What a cast!
There are so many others in an extraordinary career, two being– Exodus (“nevers” Dad regarding peace there and to Mom as I still have not finished the great Leon Uris book upon which the film was based) and “Nothing In Common” where she had touching scenes with her estranged husband played by Jackie Gleason.
In closing no “they don’t make them like (actually love) Eva Marie Saint any longer, however, clearly ‘they’ do not!
There are more details about Eva Marie in the article, a click away, below. You live, you charm and we can still see you. That is a marvel and truly marvelous.
With Carey Grant in “North by Northwest.”
Eva Marie Saint, star of “On the Waterfront” and “North by Northwest,” dies at age 102 – CBS News
Time has passed to the point where it was 70 years ago yesterday that Don Larsen pitched the only no-hit game in World Series history, a perfect game, vs the Brooklyn Dodgers, in the pivotal fifth game of the 1956 World Series.
The Yankees took a (3-2) series lead winning vs Sal Maglie, long a Dodgers’ rival with the New York Giants, who allowed 2 runs, 5 hits in a nice effort, and went on to win the title (9-0) in game 7.
Larsen, whom I met around the time of the 50 year anniversary of his gem, talked about his efforts vs the Yankees in the 1962 W.S. another 7 game triumph for the “Bombers,” giving them an incredible 20th in a 40 year span (1923-1962), that one vs Larsen and the S.F. Giants.
Click below to view the last pitch of Larsen’s incredible pitching gem.
The one and only Bob Wolff, who put my “student” one play broadcast in the Smithsonian Institute along with his interviews with such as Babe Ruth, made an immortal, excellent call.
There will be four baseball division series games today as the San Diego Padres, after losing tough one run games 1 and 2 in Milwaukee, won a one run tilt at home last night.
Elsewhere, the two time defending champion Dodgers of L.A. once handed a World Series loss (2018) finalized by a Chris Sale strikeout that stretched their title drought to 30 years/29 completed seasons (’89-2018–no completed season in 1994), defeated Sale and Atlanta yesterday, to lead their series 2 games to 1.
Both A.L. “Div” series could end today as the A.L. top seed Tampa Bay Rays with a (2-0) lead visit Yankee Stadium while in Chicago, the White Sox hope to clinch a post season series at home for the second time and first time since 1906, when they defeated the cross town (116-36) Cubs in game 6.
The 1907 Cubs (photo above) won 107 games and the title. “Chi” repeated in 1908 and did not title again for 108 years.
The WNBA playoffs, so late this year due to an overseas event, are one game into their semi-final round.
Both home teams, the Atlanta Dream, who were slight series favorites vs the New York Liberty and the second year Golden State Valkyries, slight underdogs vs the defending champion, Las Vegas Aces won easily in the series openers.
Golden State had struggled mightily before finally dispatching the Dallas Wings in a close tilt, Friday night past.
Both the Dream and Liberty easily won their quarterfinal series in 2 straight games, the former vs the Washington Mystics, the latter doing so, against the top seeded, Minnesota Lynx.
‘El’ Aces had won a pretty easy decisive third game at home, vs the Indiana Fever.
Angel Reese Dream player, is pictured below
The 2019, 2022 and 2023 Super Bowl champion, Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Las Vegas Raiders today and are the lone AFC team with a (4-0) record.
Two NFC teams, with a combined (0-3) record vs K.C. in Super Bowls, the S.F. 49ers and Minnesota Vikings also have (4-0) marks.
K.C. which won it all in ’69, did so vs the Vikings in the last AFL/NFL Super Bowl clash. They defeated the niners in both the ’19 and ’23 seasons.
Perhaps, even definite, to look ahead this wayst as less than one quarter of the season has been completed. Just notes.
The W.N.B.A. semi-final round, a best of 5 entity, commencing tomorrow is set.
Golden State (Valkyries) who survived vs the Dallas Wings, winning a close decisive third game of their “quarter” last night have home advantage but are pretty fair sized series underdogs vs the defending champion Las Vegas Aces.
In the other “semi,” the Atlanta Dream have home advantage vs the 2024 champion, New York Liberty.
Las Vegas won a decisive third game at home vs the Indiana Fever.
In the other bracket/conference, the “8” seed Liberty took out the top seed, Minnesota Lynx (2-0) while the Dream, also in 2 straight “quartered” the Washington Mystics.
The semis begin tomorrow with Sunday football and 2 N.L. “quarters” games as media “opposition.”
