Mel Allen

Mel Allen

Biography

Currently, the Yankees have 10 broadcasters on the payroll. Just another indication of how hard it has been to replace Mel Allen, the once and forever voice of the Bronx Bombers. Allen died in 1996 at 83. At his funeral in Greenwich, Conn., Rabbi Joshua Hammerman put his own twist on a Paul Simon lyric while defining Allen's place in Yankees history, saying: "The man... Read on

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