An hour later, Johnny and Beansie were at the Salvation Army storefront south of Canal off Broadway, volunteering to be street Santas, ringing bells, quarters clanking into their tin buckets.

A couple of would-be interceptions that clanked off the hands of San Francisco defenders.

But Judge appeared to peek at the runner at the last second and missed it, the ball clanking off his glove and kicking to his right.

That was more than Witt could match, with the burgeoning Royals infielder reaching 13 homers before clanking his final swing off the wall to clinch Hernández’s victory — one that comes with a $1-million prize.

It was a time of clanking typewriters, cigar chomping and whiskey, he recalled.