A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from September 30, 2013
“We’ve got ourselves a ball game”

Entry in progress—B.P.
 
Google Books
Ham with Wry:
Appearing in the Indiana Evening Gazette

By J. K. Stoner
Indiana, PA: A.G. Halldin Pub.
1980
Pg. 47:
“Just as confusing and trite are these comments, ‘He’s not a great runner, but he is a good runner and he’ll get the yardage when they need it,’ or ‘We’ve got ourselves a ball game.’”
 
Google Books
Three Runs Up:
The Story of the World Series That Could Have Been

By Ed Hart
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse
2005
Pg. 125:
“A two-run blast for Kapler, and suddenly we have ourselves a ballgame…”
   
Google Books
The Comeback Season
By Jennifer E. Smith
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster
2008
Pg. 103:
“No outs in the bottom of the seventh, and it looks like we have ourselves a ball game.” The color commentator can’t help himself.
 
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Mason Howington
‏@maverick0081
And like the old saying goes…. “We got our selves a ball game”
8:29 PM - 29 Sep 13

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CitySports/Games • Monday, September 30, 2013 • Permalink


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