Thursday January 05, 2012
Quote of the Day
“Mantle's might inflicted damage on bats, balls and egos. ... Billy Pierce, then pitching for the White Sox, recalled a July night at Yankee Stadium in 1959 when Mantle KO'ed a rookie outfielder with a line drive. '[Jim McAnany] went to catch the ball, and it hit him right in the chest,' Pierce said....
”'Just to the right of the breastbone,' McAnany said. 'I just went down like I was shot. It knocked me off my feet.'
“Jim Kaat of the Minnesota Twins sought divine intervention when he fell behind on The Mick. 'Two-and-oh on Mantle, Earl Battey would wave his arms and make the sign of the cross.'”
--from Jane Leavy's “The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of Amerca's Chlldhood”
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