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MY MOST MEMORABLE
MOMENT
THE
MYTH OF THE LONGEST HR
the
first time ever
MEMORIES
APR2011:
THE
97th
ARTICLE FOR BASEBALL
GURU
ONEMOREINNING
MY
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: PART
TWO
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:
BOB
KUZAVA:
PITCHING
AN ELEVEN INNING THREE HITTER FOR THE YANKEES AND WINNING IT WITH MY THIRD
HIT IN THE GAME.
SAL
YVARS:
BENG THE EIGHTH BLACK
TO COME INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUES. I PLAYED FOR THE GIANTS FOR THREE YEARS AND
EVEN THOUGH I WAS A BENCH PLAYER IT WAS A BIG THRILL TO BE IN THE MAJORS.
TOMMY
BYRNE: COMING BACK TO THE
ANDY
PAFKO:
HITTING
THREE HOMERS IN A GAME FOUR TIMES IN MY CAREER. IN ONE OF THEM I MISSED A
FOURTH HOMERUN BY INCHES.
VIC
WERTZ:
I
HAD SO MANY ITS HARD TO POINT OUT JUST ONE. ONE MOMENT THAT HAD NOTHING
TO WITH A SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT ON MY PART, BUT ONE THAT ILL REMEMBER
FOREVER, WAS WILLY MAYS CATCH OF MY HARD HIT BALL TO THE OUTFIELD. IT WAS
THE GREATEST CATCH IVE EVER
SEEN!
GEORGE
SHUBA:
SHAKING
HANDS WITH JACKIE ROBINSON WHEN HE CROSSED HOMEPLATE WHILE WE BOTH WERE WITH
THE
SIBBI
SISTI:
BEING KNOWN AS THE SUPER SUB AND
APPEARING AS THE MANAGER IN ROBERT REDFORDS FILM THE
NATURAL.
PING
BODIE:
JUST ROOMING WITH THE BABE EARLY ON IN HIS CAREER
ACTUALLY I
DIDNT REALLY ROOM WITH HIM, I ROOMED WITH HIS
SUITCASE!
BOBBY
SCHANTZ:BEING IN THE MAJOR
LEAGUES.
SID
GORDON:
BEING
ONE OF THE FEW JEWS TO PLAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
JOHNNY
BLANCHARD: HITTING ALL THOSE HOMERUNS IN
1961.
ROGER
REPOZ:
GETTING
MARRIED AT HOME PLATE BEFORE THE GAME STARTED
MIKE
WITT:
PITCHING A PERFECT GAME.
TOM
TRESH:
MY FATHER WAS A MAJOR LEAGUER. STEPPING INTO A MAJOR LEAGUE FIELD FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND REALIZING I WAS FOLLOWING IN MY DADS FOOTSTEP WAS MY
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT.
JUAN
MARICHAL:
BEING ELECTED INTO THE HALL OF
FAME.
GRAIG
NETTLES:
WINNING
THE AMERICAN LEAGUE HOME RUN CHAMPIONSHIP
.BEING SELECTED TO THE
ALL STAR GAME
..HAVING MY FAMILY AT THE GAME THAT I WENT FIVE FOR FIVE.
BOB
CERV:
BEING A PART OF THE
GREATEST TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME. COUNTING MANTLE AND BERRA AND ELSTON
HOWARD AS CLOSE FRIENDS ON THAT TEAM.
GENE
MICHAELS:
BECOMING A YANKEE PLAYER AND THEN BEING PART
OF THE FRONT OFFICE AND ALSO GETTING TO WORK WITH GEORGE STEINBRENNER. SAY
WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT GEORGE
..NOBODY DID MORE TO HELP HIS TEAM BECOME
WINNERS
HE WAS OUTSTANDING AT THAT!!
WILLARD
MARSHALL:
HITTING A HOME RUN IN MY FIRST TIME AT BAT IN THE MAJORS. ALSO
GETTING TO PLAY FOR THE GREAT
MEL OTT WHO WAS THE GIANTS MANAGER AT THE TIME. HE HELPED ME TO GET OVER
THE JITTERS WHEN I FIRST CAME UP, AND WORKED WITH ME ON FUNDAMENTALS DURING
MY ROOKIE YEAR. HE WAS A GENTLEMAN AND THE PLAYERS LOVED HIM.
MAX
LANIER:
BEING
ALLOWED TO COME BACK TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES AFTER HAVING PLAYED IN