I was born too late to have enjoyed those years, but - with all due respect to our California friends - I\'ve always believed that the \'50s had to have been baseball\'s apex. After Jackie Robinson and before expansion. Three of the top teams playing within a few miles of each other - one in a charming bandbox (that nearly every new stadium is spiritually modeled after), one in a Manhattan oval with a center field destined to be roamed by Willie Mays, and a place that used to be our version of the coliseum in Rome. The baseball may not be quite the same, and Schaeffer, Rheingold, and Ballantine may be long gone, but at least we have some good beers being brewed here (Brooklyn, Sixpoint, Kelso). Cheers!
