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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Before him there was only Bobby Vinton. Well, no, not really. But at the time Dylan first arrived in New York City from the Midwest, rock music had lost its leader--Elvis, in a series of movie musicals. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson--all those pioneers Dylan had loved and emulated in high school rock-'n'-roll bands--had been superseded by a series of well-scrubbed teen idols who had as much edge as a corsage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Folk Musician BOB DYLAN | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...remember where we were sitting--about halfway up, on the third-base side. I remember the triumphant look on the face of Carl DeRose, a righthander who'd been troubled with a sore arm all year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's No Fun Being A Witness To History | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

Within a few weeks of the evening I accompanied my father to Rupert Stadium and saw Carl DeRose make history, nobody believed me. My attendance would often come up naturally in conversation. Charlie Adams might be talking about how you could distinguish a Buick Roadmaster from a Buick Super because the Roadmaster had four ornamental holes on the side of its hood instead of three, and I'd say, "Speaking of which, it was like those batters had holes in their bats when Carl DeRose was mowing them down. I happened to be there." Then somebody, maybe the deeply cynical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's No Fun Being A Witness To History | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

That's what it was like for me, year after year: "Tell me another one" or "Oh, sure, we believe that" or "Tell it to the Marines." Looking back, I think that witnessing Carl DeRose's perfect game--which at first struck me as the greatest piece of good fortune that had ever come my way--was the experience that caused me to move away from Kansas City. I just couldn't take the pressure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's No Fun Being A Witness To History | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...fact, when all this came to mind last week, I thought about trying to find Carl DeRose, the way the sportswriters immediately got on to Don Larsen, who had pitched the only other perfect game in Yankee Stadium. On my phone-directory website, I found several people by that name. Carl DeRose might be thrilled to hear from someone who had been there. On the other hand, he might say, "Sure you were," or "Give me a break." I couldn't take the chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's No Fun Being A Witness To History | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

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