MAY2010: THE BASEBALL GURU ARTICLE FROM

ONEMOREINNING

PART FOUR: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

 

LARRY JANSEN: 9 YEARS  W:122  L:89  ERA:3.76  K:842

PITCHING A NO-HITTER FOR 8 AND 2/3 OF AN INNING.

 

ROY SIEVERS: 17 YEARS:  BA.267  HR:318  RBI:1.147

GETTING OVER 300 HRS AND MORE THAN I,000 RBIs IN MY CAREER.

 

STEVE HOWE: 12 YEARS: W:47 L:41  ERA: 3.03  K:328

WINNING ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND MAKING THE ALL STAR GAME.

 

MIKE WITT: 12 YEARS:  W:117 L:116  ERA:3.83  K:1,373

PITCHING A PERFECT GAME.

 

BUD HARRELSON: 16 YEARS: BA.272  HR:7  RBI:267

YOU’RE GOING TO FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT GETTING HIT BY PETE ROSE WAS IT FOR ME.

 

ROBERT MERRILL: SINGER

JUST BEING ALLOWED TO BE ON THE SAME FIELD WITH A TEAM I’VE IDOLIZED ALL MY LIFE AND TO BE ABLE TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM…..A GREAT THRILL FOR ME.

 

EARLY WYNN: 23 YEARS: W:300  L:244  ERA:3.54  K:2.334

A NO BRAINER…..WINNING MY 300^th GAME AFTER A LOT OF STARTS  TO GET IT.

 

BOB CAIN: 5 YEARS:  W:37 L:44  ERA:4.50  K: 249

PITCHING TO EDDIE GAEDEL…..ENDED UP TO BE MY ONLY CLAIM TO FAME IN THE GAME.

 

 

TOM TRESH: 9 YEARS:  BA.245  HR:153  RBI: 530

PLAYING IN THE SAME GAME MY FATHER STARRED IN.

 

TOMMY JOHN: 26 YEARS  W:288 L:231 ERA:3.34  K: 2,245

COMING CLOSE TO 300 WINS FTER PIONEERING WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS “TOMMY JOHN SURGERY.”

 

BOB COSTAS: BROADCASTER:

TOO MANY TO POINT OUT AS ONE BEING MORE MEMORABLE THAN OTHERS.

 

JEFF IDLESON: EXECUTIVE.

STARTING OUT AS THE YANKEES PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR AND ENDING UP AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HALL OF FAME.