This Classic World Series Will Be On Radio Too, Ya Know…

Wednesday, October, 28, 2009 by Mel Phillips.

Unless you live west of the Mississippi, most of you will be home when the World Series starts tonight and there’s no substitute for watching the TV coverage, especially in high definition, but there will be radio coverage for all the games too. If you can’t watch the games (all starting after 8 ET) you can hear the network radio coverage on ESPN with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan handling the play-by-play. Additional coverage will be provided by XM Radio, MLB International and MLB.com. In Philadelphia and here in New York, the radio coverage will be on WPHT (1210) and WCBS (880) respectively.  But those are not the only stations that will be involved in pre and post-World Series coverage in both markets as the turnpike/cheesesteak-cheesecake battle begins…

Philly’s 97.5 The Fanatic and New York’s 1050 ESPN will pair Mike Missanelli and Michael Kay in a two-man show from the Dugout, a bar across the street from Yankee Stadium prior to the game. CBS stations WIP 610 Philly and The Fan 660 here will host a “Battle of the Broads” as in Broadway vs. Broad Street and WIP midday sports yakkers Anthony Gargano and Glen Macnow will debate The Fan’s Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts from the Chickie’s & Pete’s in Bordentown (PA), near the imaginary demarcation line between North and South Jersey. WIP will be on the air from Greenwich Village (Yankee territory) tomorrow and Thursday and WIP’s Angelo Cataldi and his crew will be across the Borgata casino floor from Boomer & Carton from WFAN…

Both teams have power and pitching, making for a classic Fall Classic. Release the hounds and let the battle begin. For those looking for predictions, here’s mine: While both teams are evenly matched with both possessing the ability to score lots of runs and plenty of pitching, pitching will win out — it always does… 

10 Timeline Memories:

1. 1636] Crimson coming: Harvard College is founded in the Bay State. The first school of higher education was originally called “Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony”…
2. 1886] Lady Liberty: The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. The original name of the statue: “Liberty Enlightening The World.” On the same date in 1936 the statue was rededicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on its 50th anniversary and in 1986 the centennial was celebrated…
3. 1950] Debuted on this date: “The Jack Benny Show” on CBS-TV. The show will run until August of 1977…
4. 1953] Musical chairs: The “Old Redhead”, Red Barber, takes his “catbird seat” from Brooklyn to the Bronx to do play-by-play of Yankees games…1979] Dick Howser replaces Billy Martin as Yankees manager…
5. 1961] Ground breaking: For Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows. Shea will open in 1964 when the World’s Fair opens…
6. 1962] Joining the 7 TD club: Giants QB Y.A.Tittle becomes the 3rd QB in the NFL (Sid Luckman and Adrian Burk were 1st & 2nd) to pass for 7 touchdowns in one game. It led the Giants to a 49-34 victory over the Washington Redskins..
7. 1973] Sayonara: Secretariat wins his final race in Canada, then goes to stud after 16 wins in 21 races. “Big Red” will live to the age of 19…
8. 1976] Up the river: Former Nixon presidential aide John Erlichman begins his sentence for Watergate related wrong-doings..
9. 1981] Comeback kids: The Dodgers come back from a 2-0 game deficit to beat the Yankees in 4 straight games to win the World Series. Yankee reliever George Frasier loses 3 games in the series. Here’s a review of the year 1981…
10. 2007] Twice as nice: The Boston Red Sox win their 2nd World Series in 4 years as they sweep the Colorado Rockies in 4 games…

Music Memories:

• 1956] Number One on this date: “Love Me Tender” - Elvis Presley (which replaces “Don’t Be Cruel”/”Hound Dog” after 11 weeks at the top of the charts as Elvis becomes the 1st artist to replace himself at #1. “Love Me Tender” has a 5 week run at #1. On this date, Elvis makes his 2nd appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”)…1975] “Island Girl” - Elton John (his 3rd #1 hit of the year)…
• 1971] Recorded on this date: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” recorded in New York…

Commentary:

The first IBS-Palooza shows are scheduled to air on Friday, November 6th, starting at 4pm EDT. For more information on simulcasting the live music special the weekend of November 6th & 7th, contact George Capalbo at palooza@backbone.com or call 617.848.1176 x6…

“Happy Birthday…happy birthday“:

Joaquin Phoenix (35), Brad Paisley (37), Julia Roberts (42), Lauren Holly (46), Bill Gates (54), Annie Potts (57), Bruce Jenner (60), Telma Hopkins (61), Wayne Fontana (64), Dennis Franz (65), Jane Alexander (70), Lennie Wilkens(72) and Charlie Daniels (73)…

Timeline Countdown: The World Series starts tonight in the Bronx, 3 nights until Halloween, 4 days until Standard (back one hour) Time and 29 days until Thanksgiving…

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