Posted on 12/30/2015 1:18:43 PM PST by EveningStar
[Closing Narration] Once upon a time, there was a major league baseball team called the Hoboken Zephyrs, who, during the last year of their existence, wound up in last place and shortly thererafter wound up in oblivion. There's a rumor, unsubstantiated, of course, that a manager named McGarry took them to the West Coast and wound up with several pennants and a couple of world championships.
This team had a pitching staff that made history. Of course, none of them smiled very much, but it happens to be a fact that they pitched like nothing human. And if you're interested as to where these gentlemen came from, you might check under 'B' for Baseball - in The Twilight Zone.
Great!
I was very fortunate to have met him several times at the Bob Gibson golf tournament in Omaha. I was a Marshal on a par 4. He was a heck of a golfer and could probably have played professionally.
You were my childhood hero. 54 years ago I tracked each of your strikes & strikeouts while at summer camp at night, listening to the radio I hid under the covers, while my bunkmates were sleeping (3 hour time difference from L.A.), in an America that is gone forever.
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