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Mel Allen, Dads and Baseball
by Fred Smith 06/19/2021Neighborhood: Bronx, Yankee Stadium
My ear remembers that voice, even as my hearing has grown dim. Mel Allen died 25 years ago, and time keeps on marching to the cadence of going, going, gone. But this isn’t meant to be morose. Mel passed away on a Father’s Day. Here we are again on that commemorative third Sunday in June about to […]