MAY2011: THE  98th  ARTICLE FOR BASEBALL GURU

ONEMOREINNING

MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: PART THREE

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:

WHITEY FORD: MANY….BUT PLAYING WITH MICKEY, YOGI, HANK, GENE, ET AL WAS THE GREATEST!

EDDIE LAYTON: MAKING MUSIC FOR THE BEST GAME IN THE WORLD AND FOR THE GREATEST SPORTS FRANCHISE EVER.

BOBBY AVILA: I WASN’T A HOME RUN HITTER BUT DID MANAGE TO HIT HOMERS IN FOUR GAMES IN A ROW AND JUST MISSED ONE IN A FIFTH GAME.

CELERINO SANCHEZ:PLAYED FOR A SHORT TIME IN THE MAJORS AND ONLY WITH THE NEW YORK YANKEES BUT WHAT A THRILL FOR ME.

ROGER MARIS: I’LL LET YOU GUESS WHAT THAT WAS …LEADING UP TO IT QUALIFIES FOR THE WORST MOMENT IN MY CAREER.

ALBIE PEARSON: EARLY ON I WAS TOLD TO GIVE UP BASEBALL…I WOULD NEVER MAKE IT BECAUSE OF MY SIZE…THEY WERE WRONG!

EMMETT ASHFORD: HAD THE GREAT HONOR OF BEING THE FIRST BLACK UMPIRE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

SAM MELE: BEING ABLE TO LAST SO LONG IN THE MAJORS WITH WHAT I FELT WAS SO-SO SKILLS.

MARVIN MILLER: REVOLUTIONING THE GAME WITH MY UNION ACTIVITIES.

RED EMBREE: PITCHING NO HIT BALL FOR 8 AND A HALF INNINGS. UNFORTUNATELY I LOST THE GAME.

BOB SHEPPARD: TOO MANY TO MENTION.

BUD DALY: NEVER HAD ANY!

REGGIE JACKSON: MY THREE WORLD SERIES HOMERUNS. ALSO HAVING A CANDY BAR NAMED AFTER ME.

MORGANNA (THE KISSING BANDIT): RUNNING OUT ON THE FIELD AND KISSING DON MATTINGLY

 

 

 

 

SHELDON JONES:PITCHING FOR THE GIANTS.

CAL ABRAMS: I WAS ONLY A SUB……NO GREAT MOMENTS TO SPEAK OF BUT HAD PLENTY IN THE MINORS! HIT IN 28 STRAIGHT GAMES IN AAA.

FRANK ROBINSON: BEING ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME….NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME.

MEL HARDER: AS A COACH I HAD FIVE TWENTY GAME WINNERS UNDER MY WINGS. AS A PLAYER I THOUGHT MY RECORD WAS STRING ENOUGH TO WARRANT GETTING INTO THE HALL OF FAME, BUT I GUESS THE VOTERS DIDN’T AGREE.