Attribution: Excerpt from https://youtu.be/E5idMLhGAO8?si=sqmfAkQ3lFsIp9oC
By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, is trying to assist the keeper with the fallout from his very brief appearance in an episode of the Ted Lasso show as it dealt with baseball memorabilia. And there was the keeper when he was a 21-year-old uniformed soldier standing next to Satchel Paige at the 1953 All Star game in Cincinnati.
The keeper stumbled across the Allstar game video some years ago, and was blown away by it as it recalled that magic baseball day in 1953 when the keeper and his Army buddy, ticketless outside Crosley Field, were invited to join a Movie News film crew as it recorded the all-stars in their pre-game rituals on Crosley Field. Among those rituals was signing autographs and as the keeper sought Satchel’s signature, a photographer shouted, “One more, Satch,” and as a result the keeper ended up with a game program signed twice by “Satch” and by a dozen or so other big timers.
As a sham Movie News crew member, carrying a camera lens case, the keeper went with his crew up into the stands for a brief encounter with Ted Williams who, like the keeper, was recently returned from Korean war combat action. Ted asked the keeper if he had a mortar in the camera case and a very brief conversation about Korea ensued.
After the pre-game warmup activity, the crew chief led the way up onto the roof of Crosley Field to film and watch the game. “There aren’t any railings up here so don’t chase fly balls,” he warned.
Satch pitched briefly in the late innings, and the batters hit his stylized slow pitches until he left the mound to loud cheering.
It was one heckuva day, and the keeper would like to thank Ted Lasso for the reminder as to just how rare and wonderful it had been. Assuming there is a show-business budget to pay those appearing on the show, the keeper would request that Ted Lasso use his remuneration as a donation to the Black Players Baseball Alliance.
The keeper told Phylis that his one-second “stardom” on the biggest TV show currently running was not likely to change anything in their relationship. Phyllis nodded and went back to slicing the lasagna.
(to see the 1953 video search MLB 1953 All-Star Game) or watch here Kickass, the doorstop dog, is trying to assist the keeper with the fallout from his very brief appearance in an episode of the Ted Lasso show as it dealt with baseball memorabilia. And there was the keeper when he was a 21-year-old uniformed soldier standing next to Satchel Paige at the 1953 All Star game in Cincinnati.
The keeper stumbled across the Allstar game video some years ago, and was blown away by it as it recalled that magic baseball day in 1953 when the keeper and his Army buddy, ticketless outside Crosley Field, were invited to join a Movie News film crew as it recorded the all-stars in their pre-game rituals on Crosley Field. Among those rituals was signing autographs and as the keeper sought Satchel’s signature, a photographer shouted, “One more, Satch,” and as a result the keeper ended up with a game program signed twice by “Satch” and by a dozen or so other big timers.
As a sham Movie News crew member, carrying a camera lens case, the keeper went with his crew up into the stands for a brief encounter with Ted Williams who, like the keeper, was recently returned from Korean war combat action. Ted asked the keeper if he had a mortar in the camera case and a very brief conversation about Korea ensued.
After the pre-game warmup activity, the crew chief led the way up onto the roof of Crosley Field to film and watch the game. “There aren’t any railings up here so don’t chase fly balls,” he warned.
Satch pitched briefly in the late innings, and the batters hit his stylized slow pitches until he left the mound to loud cheering.
It was one heckuva day, and the keeper would like to thank Ted Lasso for the reminder as to just how rare and wonderful it had been. Assuming there is a show-business budget to pay those appearing on the show, the keeper would request that Ted Lasso use his remuneration as a donation to the Black Players Baseball Alliance.
The keeper told Phylis that his one-second “stardom” on the biggest TV show currently running was not likely to change anything in their relationship. Phyllis nodded and went back to slicing the lasagna.
(to see the 1953 video search MLB 1953 All-Star Game). Or watch here: Kickass, the doorstop dog, is trying to assist the keeper with the fallout from his very brief appearance in an episode of the Ted Lasso show as it dealt with baseball memorabilia. And there was the keeper when he was a 21-year-old uniformed soldier standing next to Satchel Paige at the 1953 All Star game in Cincinnati.
The keeper stumbled across the Allstar game video some years ago, and was blown away by it as it recalled that magic baseball day in 1953 when the keeper and his Army buddy, ticketless outside Crosley Field, were invited to join a Movie News film crew as it recorded the all-stars in their pre-game rituals on Crosley Field. Among those rituals was signing autographs and as the keeper sought Satchel’s signature, a photographer shouted, “One more, Satch,” and as a result the keeper ended up with a game program signed twice by “Satch” and by a dozen or so other big timers.
As a sham Movie News crew member, carrying a camera lens case, the keeper went with his crew up into the stands for a brief encounter with Ted Williams who, like the keeper, was recently returned from Korean war combat action. Ted asked the keeper if he had a mortar in the camera case and a very brief conversation about Korea ensued.
After the pre-game warmup activity, the crew chief led the way up onto the roof of Crosley Field to film and watch the game. “There aren’t any railings up here so don’t chase fly balls,” he warned.
Satch pitched briefly in the late innings, and the batters hit his stylized slow pitches until he left the mound to loud cheering.
It was one heckuva day, and the keeper would like to thank Ted Lasso for the reminder as to just how rare and wonderful it had been. Assuming there is a show-business budget to pay those appearing on the show, the keeper would request that Ted Lasso use his remuneration as a donation to the Black Players Baseball Alliance.
The keeper told Phylis that his one-second “stardom” on the biggest TV show currently running was not likely to change anything in their relationship. Phyllis nodded and went back to slicing the lasagna.
(to see the 1953 video search MLB 1953 All-Star Game). Or watch here: 1953 All-Star Game
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