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Celebrating America's National Pastime: Baseball
March 30, 2004
Charles Gibson reporter, ABC Good Morning America
Larry Lucchino president, CEO, Boston Red Sox
Roger Angell writer, New Yorker
Dan Shaughnessy sports columnist, Boston Globe
Jerry Remy sports announcer, NESN

ABC Good Morning America's Charles Gibson moderates this discussion about baseball's enduring hold on our national imagination with Boston Red Sox CEO and President Larry Lucchino, New Yorker writer Roger Angell, Dan Shaughnessy from The Boston Globe, and NECN Red Sox announcer, Jerry Remy.

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