Mary Beth Ellis at Redleg Nation extols the virtues of singer and team player Perry Como:

Perry Como had the same problem as the members and teammates of the Big Red Machine: He was great in an era and amongst colleagues who were otherworldly-great. Generational awesomeness held all the rarity and of wonder a peanut butter sandwich. He was a crooner in the time of Sinatra, Martin, and Crosby, and that’s all I have to say about that.

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Como produced top ten hits from the mid 1940s until the early 1970s. Como had a number one hit in the middle of the rock era with this:

Second City TV did skewer his style, however:

If I had to choose the Perry Como of baseball players, it would be Dale Murphy.