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Originally Posted by FakeNameChanged
I remember George C Scott sitting in with the commentators at a Tigers game, and Howard hit a monster HR, Scott was screaming Hondo into the mike, loved it that he was an avid Tigers fan. That ball looked like a line drive and it appeared to wiffle as it sailed over the fence.
My introduction to Harmon Killibrew was when he beat my beloved Mickey Mantle in the old home run derby show. My buddy and I just looked at each other wondering how he did that. I became an instant fan and started collecting his baseball card.
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Harmon was a big name and feared hitter when I was a young baseball fan, wonder why he is forgotten by today's talking heads. I watched the re-runs of home run derby as it was slightly before my time. I looked it up, I can't believe it was only on for a year of 26 episodes. I did remember the producers of that show being know as notoriously cheap, with other shows they produced.
