APR 2010: THE BASEBALL GURU ARTICLE FROM

ONEMOREINNING

 

PART THREE: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.