Willie Mays dies at age 93 | SC with SVP

June 18th 2024 

The world lost a true legend with the passing of Willie Mays at the age of 93.  By most experts and baseball people he is considered the best all around athlete in baseball history and maybe the best ballplayer to ever play the game. 

What's My Line? - Casey Stengel (Apr 15, 1962)

To honor the opening week of the 2016 Major League baseball season

What's My Line?  from April 15th 1962

The mystery guest is Casey Stengel, then the manager of the NY Mets who were an expansion team and had first taken the field on April 11th 1962 against the St. Louis Cardinals.  The scheduled first game was supposed to be April 10th but it was rained out. The Mets finished the 1962 season with a league worst 40-120 and in the history of the major leagues, only the 1899 Cleveland Spiders lost more games in a season with a 20-134 record.   Casey would step down as manager of the Mets in August of 1965 season after he broke his hip falling a bar stool (how ironic).

R.I.P. YOGI BERRA

September 23rd 2015 - The sports world lost one of its most successful players and the world lost a legendary person with the passing of Lawrence "Yogi" Berra.   Berra passed away at the age of 90 but left behind a legacy like no other.  He was quoted as much as Shakespeare and in some places as much as the Bible.  The winner of 10 World Series rings as the catcher with the NY Yankees from 1946-1963.  He would also managed the Yankees and the NY Mets (leading both to World Series appearances but lost both times) and coached with both teams and the Houston Astros, his last stop in 1989.   His son Dale would play in the majors to some acclaim but sadly became more famous for being part of a drug scandal with the Pittsburgh Pirates.  

Yogi was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 and his #8 was retired by the Yankees the same year.

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

September 24th 1984

Rick Sutcliffe and Dwight Gooden

Sutcliffe would win the National League Cy Young Award for 1984