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Luke Appling's famous 1982 baseball home run...
Luke Appling's famous 1982 baseball home run...
Item # 722278
July 21, 1982
SUN-TIMES, Chicago, July 21, 1982
* Shortstop Luke Appling
* Chicago White Sox baseball
* Cracker Jack Old Timers game
* Famous home run at 75 years old
Page 105 has a heading: "A crackerjack all-star game" with subhead and two related photos. Text includes: "They will remember 75-year-old Luke Appling--"Old Aches and Pains"-- leading off the game for the American League with a home run..." (see images)
Complete with 108 pages, tabloid size, nice condition.
AI notes: In the 1982 MLB Old-Timers Game at Washington’s RFK Stadium, 75-year-old Hall of Fame shortstop Luke Appling delivered one of the most memorable moments in the event’s history by hitting a stunning home run off 50-year-old Warren Spahn. Despite his advanced age and reputation as a contact hitter rather than a power threat during his playing career, Appling turned on a pitch and lofted it over the left-field fence—helped slightly by the shortened dimensions used for the exhibition—bringing the crowd to its feet. The homer became an enduring baseball anecdote, symbolizing the charm of the Old-Timers Game and Appling’s remarkable athletic longevity, and is still frequently recalled as one of the most delightful surprises in baseball’s nostalgic events.
Category: The 20th Century
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