For those not familiar with "Crafting the Call," we take dramatic/historic/unusual plays from baseball and analyze the broadcaster's words from an educational standpoint to help us prepare for the next time we're in the moment.

Here is the latest episode:

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I wrote about the reasons/details on these shared experiences, plus just how common football/baseball shared stadiums used to be.

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Again, if I forgot any, please let me know.

The Browns and Cardinals shared Sportsman's Park in St. Louis from 1920-53. The teams even met in the 1944 World Series, all the games played at the same ballpark.

The only other time every World Series game was played at the same ballpark was the 2020 Covid series.

Don't forget when Dodger Stadium opened in 1962, it was shared by the Dodgers and Angels -- for 4 years. It was the Angels who initially called it "Chavez Ravine"

The expansion Angels played 1 year at the "other Wrigley Field," 4 years at Dodger Stadium, then moved to Anaheim.

1974-75: The Mets allowed the Yankees to share Shea Stadium, while Yankee Stadium was remodeled.

The NFL's Jets still used Shea back then. The Giants played one year at Yale, then a year at Shea.

So yes, two MLB *and* two NFL teams played at Shea in 1975.

I wrote about my selections, along with unique stories about the late George Foreman, my 24 hours with Sparky Lyle and the legendary autograph he signed for me, plus the Angels cell phone clubhouse ban.

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I'm starting to change my mind about March and leaning toward Christian Laettner. Only player to ever start four consecutive Final Fours. Some of those games were technically in April, but it's still March Madness.

Thanks Jeff. You can not separate Jackie Robinson's baseball story from race. And likewise you cannot separate his World War 2 service from it. The simple fact is Jackie's refusal to move seats meant he never fought in Europe- something he surely would have done otherwise.