Cosell: 'Gil Hodges the most popular player to ever wear the Brooklyn Dodger uniform'

• 3/10/12, "On 50-Year-Old Tape, Sounds of Mets’ Awkward First Steps," NY Times, Belson

The Times includes a short radio clip of Howard Cosell introducing the Mets first Grapefruit League game which was also their first game ever, March 19, 1962. Cosell speaks briefly with Gil Hodges at the open. Audio courtesy of Marc Gold.

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