When previous commitments keep you from catching your team on television, keep up with it using free apps that quietly deliver scores and more to your phone.Google’s “Pin Live Score” feature in the “Dynamic Island” tab, on an iPhone 17 Pro Max.

He called 5,163 regular season major league games over a record 37 consecutive seasons. And he wouldn’t hesitate to give a player or a manager the boot.Bruce Froemming during his last game as a major league umpire, on Aug. 15, 2007, at Yankee Stadium.

It was Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, when an infielder known for his glove, not his bat, crushed the powerful Yankees with one swing, bringing joy to Pittsburgh.