WGN-TV's 75th anniversary kindles memories of Chicago baseball broadcast over that station.
When the last period ended at Minnie Mars Jamieson Elementary School in Chicago, I would hurry to my apartment, several blocks away.
Hard to believe, just weeks after the 75th anniversary of WGN TV's birth, that baseball no longer graces its broadcast schedule. Now cable has taken over, and you can even watch the Cubs and Sox on delay on the MLB app. by signing up you agree to our terms of service And if you didn't have a set, you could drink in the action at the local bar. According to a report in Variety in 1948,"Baseball is the best box office stimulant for the bars; football the poorest, because it's a longer time between drinks due to the progression of the action. Only times out create a slackening of interest, whereas the national pastime permits twice an inning hiatuses for tanking up.
The earliest apparent video footage is from the final innings of Cubs pitcher Don Cardwell's no-hitter against the Cardinals on May 15, 1960 at Wrigley Field. Once again, Brickhouse is brimming with excitement, yelling,"Come on, Moose!" as Cubs left fielder Walt"Moose" Moryn makes a shoestring catch, robbing Joe Cunningham of a hit and sealing the no-hitter for Cardwell, whom the Cubs acquired only two days earlier.
In 1962, about a minute of video was preserved of a July 23 game at Wrigley Field against the Phillies that was broadcast to Europe in beautiful color over the Telstar satellite.
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