Dan Lovallo

In 1973, I had the chance to interview renowned sportscaster, Lindsey Nelson.  At the time I was a teenager and the radio station at which I was interning was part of the New York Mets radio network.  Early in the season the Mets held affiliates day for all of the stations on the Mets network.  Players, manager Yogi Berra and others were available for pregame interviews.  Among the people I caught with that day, almost 50 years ago, was Nelson. Nelson, who is in 13 different Halls of Fame, including the broadcasting wings of the baseball and football halls, had quite a resume.  Not only was he the "Voice of the New York Mets," he later went on to broadcast for the San Francisco Giants and before for that broadcast the "Baseball Game of the Week" on network television. Although Mets' fans remember Nelson, notorious for his colorful sports jackets (he reportedly owned more than 300 of them at one time), on baseball, he also was renowned for broadcasting college football and NFL games.  He  worked golf and ten