It’s World Series time, and the memories begin to flow.

As we wind down October and the days preceding Halloween, we all can remember plotting what we would do on “mischief night,” usually recognized as the eve of the reputed scary holiday.

This latest installment of my look back at YESTERDAY -- a trip back in time to the late 1960s and the 1970s - is a recollection of what late October meant to those of us who were preteens and teens during the time.

Here’s a look at the national pastime and some things that could pass the time at Halloween.

Day Baseball, The Transistor, NBC, ABC

: To me, there wasn’t anything better than watching afternoon-based playoff or World Series baseball after you came home from school.

If you had a transistor radio back in the day, remember the times walking home from school listening to the beginning of the games before you got home.

I also remember laying in my bed and trying to listen to the games before I needed to doze off for school the next day, or having the radio next to my bed. These were the days before ESPN debuted in the late 1970s.

Curt Gowdy was the legendary voice for NBC, which broadcasted most of the games in the late 1960s and early 1970s until 1975. Like football, Gowdy had the mesmerizing, paced voice that placed you in a baseball wonderland where time seemingly stood still.

Gowdy was joined by the perfect sidekicks Tony Kubek and Jim Simpson, who were the ideal complement and kept your attention. These were the days when you only had the camera angles behind the plate and the pitcher before someone hit the ball and you saw the projected angle. Do you remember the white batting averages and scoreboard at the bottom of your screen? Like the NBA, it was high tech of its time.

NBC also had the right to the first televised night game between Pittsburgh and Baltimore on Oct. 13, 1971, one of the landmark series for television back in the day. It became magnified when the legendary Roberto Clemente was killed in a plane crash the following December in 1972. The ‘70 Reds-Orioles matchup also was a true TV masterpiece.

ABC jumped into the fray with postseason broadcasts in the mid-to-late 70s, after they began televising Monday Night Baseball. Howard Cosell and Keith Jackson ironically formed a colorful and entertaining duo, as well as pros Al Michaels and Warner Wolf. But ABC’s hallmark game likely always will be when Mark “The Bird” Fidrych made his unorthodox debut on Monday Night Baseball June 28, 1976.

Tic-Tacking

: It arguably was the biggest event of “mischief night” where you would find or actually peel corn pieces from cobs, and place them in a plastic bag for your attack. The thrill was hearing the corn hit a house, a sound that used to rattle through the neighborhood.

If you were really courageous, you would have a bar of soap in your pocket to decorate someone’s windows. There also were those who usually were on a vindictive mission to throw eggs at a house, but that easily ruined the harmlessness of the ritual.

Bigger Was Better

: If I recall correctly, I remember getting the regular-size candy bars back in the day instead of the popular bite-size version of today. We would toss pieces of our collection into the plastic orange pumpkins with the Jack-O-Lantern face. Did you get the occasional piece of fruit or even a dollar bill? For the latter, the economy was better at times.

Some currently extinct candy bars from those days are the Clark Bar, Butternut (not Butterfinger), Milkshake, Planter’s Peanut Bar, and the always popular Reggie! Bar.

Who Is That Masked Man

: It was Oct. 25, 1978 when Jason Voorhees was first seen on the big screen in the original “Halloween.” Now, incredibly 43 years later (think about that), Jason is still on his slashing-spree in “Halloween Kills.”

I do have to admit that I jumped out of my seat more than a few times when I watched the original.

Good Things Can Happen After Midnight

: It was 1973, and you suddenly could watch rock concerts in your living room. This was before the concert boom that we see today.

“The Midnight Special” - usually hosted by Wolfman Jack - made its debut Friday nights on NBC after Johnny Carson and ran from 1 to 2:30 a.m.

“Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert” featured guest hosts and made its debut Saturday nights on ABC from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

It was quite a doubleheader.

Both shows featured the top solo and group acts from the Billboard charts past and present, and the Midnight Special was noted for its live performances.

If you could stay awake and persuade your parents to stay up that late, it always was well worth it.