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Along the Watchtower, page 3. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Thursday, May 29, 2008. But Babe loved to hit and wanted to play every day. Team owner Harry Frazee disagreed.
Nellis Johnson made sure we saw the humor, too. Saturday, February 21, 2009. The following article originally appeared in the Panama City News Herald, June 30, 2000. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to think of Nellis Johnson without smiling. He spent a lifetime sharing that humor with others. Were treated to his cartoon Panhandle Parade.
Saturday, February 21, 2009. Nine-ball is a lot like life, only with more chalk. There must be mysterious, unseen forces at work here.
The Great Radio Station Sting of 1958. Viva la pranks! Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Before the era of radio shock jocks and tv prank-yankers, there was the infamous Charles de Gaulle Hoax of 1958. It was the first truly great prank call in the history of radio- a doozy of a sting. Broadcast live throughout the Northeast, the faux phone call left one station supremely humiliated, leaving the other- the perpetrator of this mad hoax- basking in smug glory. Easy-listening and big bands were out.
Sal Maglie, the night before Larsen. A Brooklyn Dodger steps into history. Wednesday, February 25, 2009. 8, 1956 at Yankee Stadium.