Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to the art of story telling -- in prose and poetry, in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of February 14th
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It is the 45th day of the year, leaving 320 days remaining in 2022.
Known for his catch phrase, "How a-bout that," Allen was a remarkable talent who was re-introduced to a younger audience when he hosted This Week in Baseball starting in the late 1970s.
But it was during his time with the Yankees when Allen gained fame across the United States. He started with the team in 1939, the year Lou Gehrig retired. He remained until he was abruptly fired in 1964, having spanned the entire career of Joe DiMaggio and most of Mickey Mantle's. In those early years, he also called home games for the New York Giants.
When he started calling road games for the Yankees, first from a studio and eventually on road trips, Allen stepped down from calling Giants' games.
His tenure with the Yankees came at a time when they appeared in 19 World Series -- including all but twice between 1949 to 1964. That meant he called those games on national radio or television, giving him a nationwide audience.
When the Yankees fired him at the end of the season in 1964, also requesting that he not be the announcer for the national broadcasts that year, they never gave a reason. They still haven't.
Allen died in 1996 at his home in Greenwich, Conn.
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