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…
Charles Gordon
Charles Gordon was, until recently, a rec league third baseman. Previously a humour columnist for the Ottawa Citizen and Maclean’s, he’s still a writer.