Also Read: MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT (Part Two)
THE
MYTH OF THE LONGEST HR
WHO?
the
first time ever
MEMORIES
BIG BILL
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
DOLPH
CAMILLI:
THE FIRST HIT I GOT WHEN I BROKE INTO THE MAJORS WITH THE
BILL
SWISH NICHOLSON:
HITTING FOUR HOMERUNS IN A ROW IN
BILLY
HITCHCOCK:
MY
BIGGEST THRILL WAS STEALING HOME IN THE 15TH INNING AGAINST
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. IM NOW THE
JOHNNY
BABICH:
BEATING
THE
MARIUS
RUSSO:
GETTING
A CHANCE TO PITCH IN THE 1941 WORLD SERIES AGAINST THE
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
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
14TH 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