MAR: THE  96th  ARTICLE FOR BASEBALL GURU

ONEMOREINNING

MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT ONE MORE INNING DID WHEN IT CAME OUT (21 YEARS AG0) WAS TO HAVE A  SECTION CALLED THE ABOVE: HERE ARE SOME OF THE ANSWERS FROM  A GROUP OF VARIOUS BALLPLAYERS

MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT:

ALEX KELLNER:SHUTTING THE YANKEES OUT FOR TWO STRAIGHT STARTS: THE FIRST WAS IN PHILADELPHIA…..THE SCORE WAS 3-0 AND THE SECOND WAS IN YANKEE STADIUM BEFORE A CROWD OF OVER 60,000 PEOPLE. THE SCORE WAS 5-0 AND I MANAGED TO GET  TWO HITS…..ONE OF THEM WAS A DOUBLE.

DOLPH CAMILLI: THE FIRST HIT I GOT WHEN I BROKE INTO THE MAJORS WITH THE CHICAGO CUBS WAS A HOME RUN. IT WAS THE WINNING RUN IN A VERY TIGHT GAME.

BILL “SWISH “ NICHOLSON: HITTING FOUR HOMERUNS IN A ROW IN NEW YORK. THAT WAS IN THE OLD POLO GROUNDS AND WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER.

BILLY HITCHCOCK: MY BIGGEST THRILL WAS STEALING HOME IN THE 15^TH INNING AGAINST WASHINGTON IN 1948. I WAS PLAYING FOR THE RED SOX THEN AND MY STEAL WAS THE WINNING RUN.

SID HUDSON: BEING IN THE BIG LEAGUES WAS A BIG THRILL.

I BEAT LEFTY GROVE 1-0 AT YANKEE STADIUM ON BABE RUTH DAY. ANOTHER BIG THRILLWAS BEING SELECTED TO PITCH IN TWO ALL STAR GAMES.

HAD MANY BIG MOMENTS IN BASEBALL. I’M NOW THE COACH AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. I SPENT 49 YEARS IN BASEBALL AS A PITCHER, COACH AND SCOUT.

JOHNNY BABICH: BEATING THE NEW YORK YANKEES OUT OF THE PENNANT IN 1940. I HAD AN AVERAGE CAREER BUT THAT WIN AGAINST THE MIGHTY YANKEES WAS SOMETHING I’VE CARRIED WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS!

 

MARIUS RUSSO: GETTING A CHANCE TO PITCH IN THE 1941 WORLD SERIES AGAINST THE BROOKLYN DODGERS.

WALT MASTERSON: MY ONLY ALL STAR GAME APPEARANCE WAS IN 1948 AND I WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE STARTING PITCHER FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE.

ETHAN ALLEN: HITTING THE FIRST BALL PITCHED TO ME IN BASEBALL OVER THE CENTERFIELD FENCE AT CROSLEY FIELD IN CINCINNATI. HOWEVER IT WAS IN A LOSING CAUSE. A HIT OR DEFENSIVE PLAY WHICH HELPED TO WIN A GAME WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT

RAY BOONE: BEING THE RUNS BATTED IN LEADER IN THE 1955 SEASON.

MAX LANIER: I PITCHED A 14 INNING GAME ALLOWING NO HITS FOR 8 AND TWO THIRDS AND ANOTHER HIT IN THE 14^TH INNING, …….THE GAME WAS CALLED WITH THE SCORE 0 TO 0 BECAUSE OF DARKNESS.

ANOTHER MOMENT WAS WHEN I MADE THE ALL STARS IN1940 ……..THE ONLY LEFT HANDED PITCHER ON THE ROSTER.

BUDDY LEWIS: MY VERY FIRST TIME AT BAT!!

CHET NICHOLS: THERE WERE MANY WONDERFUL MOMENTS IN MY CAREER.

I THINK LEADING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WITH THE LOWEST ERA AS A TWENTY HEAR OLD ROOKIE WAS THE MOST SATISFYING