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  • The Slow Destruction Of Pete Reiser, The Greatest Player Who Never Was

    12/13/2015 1:07:31 PM PST · by EveningStar · 7 replies
    The Stacks - Deadline ^ | March 12, 2015 | W.C. Heinz
    The following piece was originally published in the March, 1958 issue of True, and is excerpted from The Top of His Game, a collection of W.C. Heinz's best sportswriting. It is reprinted here with permission from Gayl Heinz. "Down in Los Angeles," says Garry Schumacher, who was a New York baseball writer for 30 years and is now assistant to Horace Stoneham, president of the San Francisco Giants, "they think Duke Snider is the best center fielder the Dodgers ever had. They forget Pete Reiser. The Yankees think Mickey Mantle is something new. They forget Reiser, too." Maybe Pete Reiser...