Munson has been gone 46 years, but he plays once a year in Canton. The ghosts get real when stories about No. 15 are in the air at the Thurman Munson Catchers Scholarship Dinner.

The loudest applause line came when Dent said, “Thurman Munson and Tommy John belong in the Hall of Fame.” Munson’s chances of making the baseball Hall have faded, but the dinner goes on.

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