What Clemente said: "On the greatest day of my life, I send my children my blessing and hope my parents give me their blessing back in Puerto Rico."

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Loved the mention of Eldon Auker. He lived outside of Worcester, and when we passed his house when out for rides, my father - a great baseball fan and amateur athlete - would note that Auker lived there. As kids, we had no idea who he was, other than that he'd played baseball in the faraway past.

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Funny story about this. My mom, from Baltimore, was in college in PA in '79 and she was watching this game in a bar with a couple hundred others. So when that game was over, maybe even at this HR, she was basically like this:

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My first sports heartbreak. It has not gotten easier with time. I usually do my best to avoid any highlights from this series, but I stupidly watched this final out. Ugh. WE WERE UP 3 GAMES TO 1! Even though we won the Series four years later, this one still sucks. Bah. Look at the fans running…

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I love those hats!

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