Today’s best read, on the 50th anniversary of the Mets’ first spring training game.
It wasn’t Ralph Kiner or Bob Murphy or Lindsey Nelson, all of whom were on hand for the start of what would be their long collaboration chronicling the team’s fortunes.Instead, the first voice coming out of the radio belonged to none other than Howard Cosell, still emerging at that point as a larger-than-life personality in American sports.
via On 50-Year-Old Tape, Sounds of Mets’ Awkward First Steps – NYTimes.com.