The Immaculate Reception, a football and a father’s memories: ‘I have something special’
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The Immaculate Reception, a football and a father’s memories: ‘I have something special’

New York Times  

Out of breath but not yet out of harm’s way, Jim Baker bolted through an exit at Three Rivers Stadium and stepped in front of the first car he saw. “Show him.” There on the street, Baker’s 14-year-old nephew, Bobby Pavuchak, fished around inside the oversized coat his mother made him wear to the game and presented the historic piece of leather. “I didn’t tell him I was going to a Steelers game,” Baker said, with a sly smile. We’re going to run out of here.’” Jim Baker, center left, with the football from the Steelers’ Immaculate Reception, along with Franco Harris, Baker’s nephew Bobby Pavuchak and Baker’s daughter, Carin. “I said, ‘I’ll teach you wrestling, but we’re going to go all the way,’” Baker said.

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