Hammering Hank

The Donalsonville News

Hammering Hank

Night after night I listened to my transistor radio.  It was 1966 and past my bedtime, especially for games played on the West Coast.  I was listening to the Braves.  Not the Milwaukee Braves, but the newly relocated Atlanta Braves, the first major league team of any sport in the deep south. My radio only had AM channels.  In fact, FM radio did not really become widespread in the United States until the 1960s.  You could catch the Braves on WSB …