When I ran home to catch Gibson

When I ran home to catch Gibson: Did you stay up ’til midnight to watch the end of the Detroit-Seattle extra-inning marathon? I did, but I lost my wife in the 13th inning. Baseball was intense again, and I loved it. I was reminded of so many times that baseball was at the….

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Here is one of those baseball memories. Back in October 1968, I ran home with my little transistor radio, hoping to catch Game 1 of the World Series on TV. I knew that my mother would have the game on TV, so my objective was to get home.

I ran faster and faster when I heard that…

— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 12, 2025