Charles Gordon

The pace of baseball encourages talk. Every situation brings discussion and speculation. Should we steal here? Bunt? Play the infield in? Walk him? Pitch him inside? Outside? Even in its slightly sped‑up form, the game allows time for this. And there is time after to analyze. The Toronto Blue Jays’ narrow defeat in last year’s World Series provided a wealth of second-guessing…

Duke Snider’s last day broadcasting Montreal Expos baseball on the radio was October 5, 1986, a Sunday afternoon. The Expos were playing the Philadelphia Phillies in a game that didn’t count for much, and they ended up losing 2–1. I recorded the broadcast for sentimental reasons: Duke and his long-time partner, Dave Van Horne, had been essentially living at my house for twenty…