Promotional Announcements for a Charity Baseball Game

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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Walter Shirley, Commissioner of Commerce of New York City, in a series of promotional announcements with baseball players about the upcoming charity game to benefit underprivileged children between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 25th. Featured in the announcements are Yogi Berra, Allie Reynolds, Bobby Brown, and Jerry Coleman. Announcements repeat.


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Municipal archives id: LT3750

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