[quote="SLYFOXX1968" post=297225]SSG, who amongst us can forget Mel Allen’s “ Ballantine Blast ,” for Yankee Home Runs ? Or, make the 3 Ring Sign for Ballantine ? The 3 Rings standing for Purity, Body and Flavor . The Yanks also has White Owl Cigars as a Sponsor . The NY Giants across the Harlem River Bridge had Knickebocker Beer and Chesterfield Cigarettes . The Dodgers had Schaefer Beer and I think Lucky Strike Cigarettes . Ebbetts Field also has the famous Abe Stark Sign that proclaimed a Suit of Clothes for any player hitting the sign . The Days of Willie, Mickey and the Duke were the stuff of constant chatter . Worth Rememberring .[/quote]
I see some here are of “my generation” -
And now that I think about it I never read books as s kid BUT I constantly read the box’s ores and articles on the Yanks, Dodgers and Giants - which is how I was learning about words - in the Daily Mirror, Herald Tribune, Daily News and probably the NYPost as well.
I recall Don Newcombe was often the star pitcher written about,