I was in attendance when Daryl returned as a dodger. The place booed him vociferously. He politely nodded and smiled, stepped up to the plate. Ball one. The boos echoed down on him. Ball two. Still negative noise times ten. Here came a fat fastball down the middle. That famous looping swing- ball launched over right- centerfield wall for solo homer. The place went nuts! At the crack of the bat, 40,000 fickle fans went from booing to cheering! That’s baseball!
What a great story. Straw was ahead of his time with his launch angel optimal swing.