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"The Blind Man in the Bleachers" is a single written by Sterling Whipple [2] and famously performed by American singer David Geddes. His version, titled "The Last Game of the Season (A Blind Man in the Bleachers)", reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.
Geddes had only one other notable entry, the top 20 hit "The Last Game of the Season (A Blind Man in the Bleachers)", which entered the Hot 100 top 40 three weeks after "Run Joey Run" had left the Hot 100. "Run Joey Run" was used on the May 4, 2010, episode of Glee.
"Run Joey Run" was released in the late summer of 1975, and by October the song had peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It would be Geddes' only Top 10 hit; his only other hit, "The Last Game of the Season (A Blind Man in the Bleachers)" would peak at No. 18 on the Billboard [Hot 100] in December 1975 [4] and No. 23 in Cashbox (December 6, 1975).
FILE - New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio (5) slides home safely in the ninth inning to score his team's fifth and winning run in Game 4 of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers at ...
Really, it was only appropriate that the Dodgers won the World Series, 7-6, over the New York Yankees, in a fashion that befits their season in front of a crowd of 49,463 at Yankee Stadium.
Welcome to the Dodgers' golden era, with the franchise's big spending paying off in its greatest World Series championship run, Bill Plaschke writes.
Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully said that although the Dodgers won four World Series titles in 10 years, he said that this championship was the biggest of those four because "the ultimate was not only beating the Yankees but sweeping them in four", but said that "to New York fans it was still the old Brooklyn Dodgers and there was a lot of ...
In 1977 and 1978, Reggie Jackson led the Yankees past the Dodgers for back-to-back championships, including the legendary three-homer game in 1977 that spawned his “Mr. October” nickname.