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And im kerry sayers and im your host, bill kurtis. This is baseballs greats through the decades. Today here on through the decades we are taking the hour to look at the boys of october and the game they love. Baseball has proved to be a muse for poets, musicians and authors and moviemakers. You can debate whether its still americas favorite sport but its motions and rhythms are so ingrained in our american psyche, it will forever be our National Pastime. Joins us as we look back on the greats of the game who have earned their place not only in baseball lore but enshrined in the american story itself. So we begin with a young player in new york. As popular legend goes, in june, 1925, wally pipp, the new york yankees long time first baseman, had a headache and his skipper recommended he take a seat to let the kid play. An easy decision at the time with the yanks struggling. It also proved to jump start an unbelievable streak and t ....