60 years ago today,a Saturday,I opened the Newark Evening News,turning to the comic section and began to read Peanuts.
In the strip,there was Charlie Brown sitting on a curb with Linus,both saying nothing for the first three panels.
Then in the fourth panel,Charlie jumps up and exclaims:
"Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?"
Charlie was referencing the last out of the 1962 World Series when McCovey's line drive went right to Bobby Richardson at second instead of into right where it would have scored the tying and the winning runs.
Some wondered whether Roger Maris could have made a play on the runner from second,Willie Mays,but as Giants Manager Alvin Dark put it:"Willie would have been already dressed by that time."
Most people living in NYC did not see this in the NY papers as they were on strike at the time.The only way that they found out about it was by watching the television stations that greatly expanded their news coverage,including the reading of comic strips on the air.
About 2 months later,Charlie repeated his act,this time asking for only two feet.
In the strip,there was Charlie Brown sitting on a curb with Linus,both saying nothing for the first three panels.
Then in the fourth panel,Charlie jumps up and exclaims:
"Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?"
Charlie was referencing the last out of the 1962 World Series when McCovey's line drive went right to Bobby Richardson at second instead of into right where it would have scored the tying and the winning runs.
Some wondered whether Roger Maris could have made a play on the runner from second,Willie Mays,but as Giants Manager Alvin Dark put it:"Willie would have been already dressed by that time."
Most people living in NYC did not see this in the NY papers as they were on strike at the time.The only way that they found out about it was by watching the television stations that greatly expanded their news coverage,including the reading of comic strips on the air.
About 2 months later,Charlie repeated his act,this time asking for only two feet.