Diamonds Aren’t Forever: Richmond Says Goodbye to The Diamond

by Ryan Kent | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, DOWNTOWN RVA, SPORTS, VIRGINIA LITERATURE

Al Campanis was a scout for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1950s and 1960s. He said the hair on his arms only stood up twice in his life. Once when he saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the other time when he witnessed Sandy Koufax throw a...

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