"Branca’s Bullpen" New York Mets Pre-Game Show?

Over the weekend I finally finished the book “The Echoing Green” which is about the New York Giants (you know the team with the NY that played in the Polo Grounds, won 10 pennants but nobody mentions) and in the book they referenced “Branca’s Bullpen?”

Anyone know anything?

The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca … – Google Books Result

by Joshua Prager – 2008 – Sports & Recreation – 498 pages
Branca had in winter left TV station WOR, let lapse both his job with Cosell and Branca’s Bullpen, a Met pregame show he had hosted in 1963. 


Faith & Fear mentioned it too…

Faith and Fear in Flushing :: The Summer Wind

In 1963, Ralph Branca hosted “Branca’s Bullpen” which went on prior to the pre-game Kiner’s Korner. In 1964, Branca’s show was replaced by “Dow 

Which brings me to two additional points:

1.  Have something for Ralph Kiner at Citi Field while he’s still around.
2.  SNY should show some old Kiner’s Korners.   I mean OLD.  I wanna see some 60’s/70’s if any exist.

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