Tag: Bob Gibson

The Last World Series

In 1968 the American and National Leagues had ten teams each.  They played 162 games and the teams in first place went to the World Series.  Simple as that.  It had been that way since 1903.  1968 was the last year before expansion brought expanded playoffs.  The Detroit Tigers and the defending champion St. Louis ...

Over the Rainbow

November 28, 2020 Rochester's own Don Potter sings the best version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  It's used at the Rochester Press and Radio Club's Day of Champions, the background to a collage of sports personalities who passed the year before.  A time-honored tradition.  As it was when Master of Ceremonies Jerry Flynn would always ...