An Treasure Uncovered; A Hurricane Over Heinz Field

Exciting news in the New York Times yesterday! Long thought to be lost from history, a complete kinescope copy of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series was discovered recently in a vault in the home of former Pirates minority owner Bing Crosby.

That's the good news. The bad news is that the play-by-play of the game is done by Crosby and Danny Kaye!

Just kidding about that last part. I include that only as an inside joke for certain readers of this blog.


Seriously, the kinescope is said to be in perfect condition and has been viewed by MLB officials, and has been transferred to DVD. The play-by-play is done by Bob Prince and Mel Allen. Watch for this to be shown sometime over the winter on the MLB Network on one of those Bob Costas Specials.

For more details on this, check out the link below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/sports/baseball/24crosby.html?_r=1


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On a less pleasant note, did you check out that clinker of a Pitt football game on ESPN last night? Wow, what more can you say than that the Panthers really stunk up the joint last night? As the game unfolded, I was wondering if Pitt would actually play an entire game without making a first down. For a season that had such high hopes, how do you explain this? Are there just not enough good players? Is it the coaching? Much is made about how Coach Wanny's "pro style" game is unsuited to the college game. I'll let smarter football people that me sort that one out, but Miami did somehow render Pitt's All-America wide out candidate Jon Baldwin invisible last night. And do you get as tired as I do of Pitt running plays that pick up 4 yards on third and six? But, hey, kudos to Miami. They looked like the Jimmy Johnson-era 'Canes without the camouflage.

All that is left now for Pitt is the chance to win the Big East and get one of those big money BCS Bowl bids. Of course, the way this college football season is shaping up, "Big East Champion" may not have quite the cachet one hoped it would at the outset.

This raises an interesting question that I heard on The Fan yesterday: Given all that has happened with college athletic conferences in recent months, will Big East Football even exist five years from now?