My Baseball Journey: a Sportscaster's Story
My Baseball Journey: A Sportscaster's Story Abreu, Bobby, 249 Acosta, Mike, 217 Adams, Bud, 212, 216 Adkins, Pete, 49-50 Afghanistan, 237 Air Force One, 237-38 Alan (Brown’s grandson), 158 Alaskan Forces Network, 77 Alcindor, Lew, 213 alcohol abuse, 131 Alexander, John, 47 Alexander, Shana, 47 Alfonzo, Edgardo, 215 Ali, Muhammad, 213 Allen, John, 17 Allen, Kevin, 259 Allen, Mel, 76 Allen, Richie, 218 All-Star Game (1942), 21; (1961), 277; (1975), 267; (1982), 142; (2001), 3; (2004), 31, 284 Alou, Moises, 79, 86, 229 Altuve, Jose, 324, 331-32 Alzheimer’s disease, xiii-xiv Amazing Grace, 86, 87 Amazing Sport Stories, 273, 279 American Football League, 152, 212 American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN), 67-69, 71, 75, 77, 108 American League Championship Series (2008), 204 American League Divisional Series (2008), 204 American Professional Baseball Association (APBA), 19-20 Anchorage Northern Knights, 77 Anderson, Larry, 244 Anderson, Sparky, 138, 241 coping with losses, ix fired by Reds, 136, 152-53 hired by Tigers, 136 manages Reds, 127-29, 130, 141, 145 nicknamed Captain Hook, 119-20, 136 Anheuser-Busch, 162 Antique Rose Emporium, 197, 205 Aparicio, Luis, 144-45 Archibald, Tiny, 113 Arizona, 163 Arizona Diamondbacks, 88-89 Arledge, Roone, 256 Armed Forces Network, 68-69 Armed Forces Radio and Television Services, 77 Art of Sportscasting, The (Hedrick), 114 Ashby, Alan, 233 Aspromonte, Bob, 215, 218, 270-71, 273-81 Associated Press, 29, 187 Association of Tennis Professionals, 112 Astrodome broadcast from catwalk of, 215 Brown auditions at,
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