With Sam’s permission, since I forgot what day it was. Retirement does stuff like that to you.
So it’s a long season, and 1966 was no different. The 98th game saw the Braves drop a 4-3 game to the Cardinals at Atlanta Stadium to bring their record to 45-53. Every game has something to discuss, like Hank Aaron’s 30th, and an eventual game winning homer from Tim McCarver, who was to become a highly polarizing figure in color commentary. (He never bothered me, but in the right bar in the right era, pro- and anti-Tim McCarver talk caused bartenders to put the local constabulary on speed-dial.