[BluesDuke]

Steady Eddie was a decent enough player who, in retrospect, wasn't quite enough for everyday play but was (and probably should have stayed throughout) better than useful off the bench. Himself and Staub together on the bench would make a devastating lefthanded pinch-hit contingency. If Trusty Rusty is that much, er, heftier since his playing retirement, well, I'd have to wonder how much of the food in his restaurant is actually going to his paying customers...

[nopardons]

Re ypur last query ( LOL ! ) ... exactly what went through my mind, when he ran out to the field. My exact thoughts were : " Goodness, he's eating up his profits !"

[MozarkDawg]

A Jeff Kallman piece has me back in my cleats out in right field, the smell of the grass and my mitt in my nose ....

Okay, so it was softball, not baseball -- I'm a chick, that's all they'd let us play in high school. But most of the scents, smells were the same!

Thank you for yet another WONDERFUL article!!