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my most memorable
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MAR 2010: THE
BASEBALL GURU ARTICLE
FROM
ONEMOREINNING
PART TWO:CONTINUED FROM
LAST MONTH
my most memorable
moment
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF ONE MORE INNING I WOULD ASK PLAYERS THE ABOVE QUESTION:
HERE IS THEIR
ANSWER
DICK
BARTEL: 18 YEARS: BA.284
HR:79
RBI:710.
BEING THE SHORTSTOP IN THE FIRST EVER WORLD
SERIES.
DUANE
PILLETTE: 8 YEARS W:36
L:66 ERA:3.65.
K:305
PITCHING A COMPLETE 15 INNING GAME, GETTING THE WIN AND LOSING
14 POUNDS WHILE DOING IT.
JIMMY
LEIRITZ: 11 YEARS: BA:264
HR:90
RBI:387.
GETTING KEY HOMERUNS IN PLAYOFF GAMES.
CLIFF
MAPES: 5 YEARS: BA.242
HR:38
RBI:172.
PLAYING WITH GREAT GUYS LIKE DIMAGGIO, BERRA, RIZZUTO, AND BEING
PART OF TERRIFIC YANKEE TEAMS.
SIBBI
SISTI: 13 YEARS:
BA.244
HR:27
RBI:260.
BEING NAMED, THE SUPER SUB AND PLAYING THE PART
OF THE MANAGER IN THE NATURAL
LOU
LIMMER: 2 YEARS: BA.243
HR:19
RBI:62.
HITTING A HOMERUN IN MY FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE AT BAT IN YANKEE
STADIUM OFF ALLIE REYNOLDS AND HITTING A HOMERUN IN MY LAST MAJOR LEAGUE
AT BAT, ALSO AGAINST NEW YORK AND AGAIN OFF REYNOLDS.
LEON
DAY:16 YEARS(NEGRO LEAGUES) W:37 L:19 (not complete) ERA:2.98
K??
WINNING MORE GAMES IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES THAN SATCHEL
PAIGE.
BILLY
JOHNSON: 9 YEARS: BA.271 HR:61
RBI:487.
I PLATOONED WITH BOBBY BROWN WHEN I WAS WITH NEW YORK. WHEN
I WAS GIVEN A CHANCE TO PLAY FULL TIME I BATTED OVER
.300.
DICK
GROAT: 14 YEARS: BA.286 HR:39
RBI:707.
WINNING THE
NATIONAL
LEAGUE MVP.
BOB
KUZAVA: 10 YEARS:
W:49 L:44 ERA:4.05
K:446.
PLAYING IN TWO WORLD SERIES.
JOHNNY
BLANCHARD: 8 YEARS: BA.239 HR:67 RBI:200.
BEING PART OF THE 1961 YANKEES.
GEORGE
(SHOTGUN) SHUBA: BA.259 HR:24 RBI: 125.
SHAKING JACKIE ROBINSONS HAND AFTER HE HIT A HOMERUN
AND CROSSED HOME PLATE WHILE
AT MONTREAL IN THE MINORS. THIS WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AND THE PICTURE HAS BECOME
FAMOUS. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS CALLED UP TO THE DODGERS. I CAME UP
LATER.
WILLARD
MARSHALL: 11 YEARS: BA.274 HR:130
RBI:604.
GOING 4 FOR 5 WITH A HOMERUN AND 4 RBIs IN MY FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE
GAME.
HOMER
PEEL: 5 YEARS: BA.238 HR:2 RBI:36
JUST BEING A MAJOR LEAGUER EVEN THOUGH I WAS A SUB DURING MY
CAREER.
PHIL
NIEKRO: 24 YEARS: W:318 L:274
ERA:3.35
K:3,342.
WINNING OVER 300 HUNDRED GAMES AND GETTING INTO THE HALL OF
FAME.
TOMMY
HENRICH: 11 YEARS: BA.282
HR:183
RBI:795
GETTING TO BE KNOWN AS OLD
RELIABLE.
SCOTT
KAZMIR: 6 YEARS: W:52 L:46
ERA:3.83
K:900.
SIGNING A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT FOR TWO MILLION DOLLARS AT THE
AGE OF 16.
LUKE
APPLING: 20 YEARS: BA.310
HR:45
RBI:1,116
PLAYING HURT FOR MOST OF MY CAREER
.MY NICKNAME WAS OLD
ACHES AND PAINS.
DAN
FORD: 11 YEARS; BA.121 RBI: 566.
HITTING THE FIRST HR IN THE REFURBISHED YANKEE
STADIUM.