This Bronx Bomber from Jersey was so powerful that SI compared him to the Babe. But it was one huge homer with the White Sox that earned our host's affection forever.

Are you gonna finish that manicotti? 

• Card 691 and 82T on Beckett
• Grant Brisbee's sonnet about Neil Allen
• "The Dan Pasqua Story" on Deadspin
• True crime updates! UPI stories 1 and 2
• SoxNerd article about Dan's big blast
• 50 Greatest Players from New Jersey, Dan is #50!