Color commentary is the added information that a radio announcer gives to make a radio broadcast more interesting. So, back to 1947. The director said, "If we lose, let's lose with valor, courtesy and honor. If we win, let's enjoy it fully. Victory is ours!" Now, like most secondary school teachers and administrators, the director had no idea that his pitcher was at that moment on the 9:55 p.m. train to New York City with two other players. They partied all night at the Alamack Hotel on Broadway and 71st Street and returned the next morning at 5:30 a.m., dead tired, and made it back to school at 6:15 a.m. (The story continues ...)