To: Alberta's Child
"The Sal Maglie situation also comes to mind. A few years ago Steinbrenner learned that a blind, destitute Maglie was wasting away in a Florida hospital, suffering from diabetes. Steinbrenner actually hired him as a "director of scouting" or some other position whose duties he couldn't possibly fulfill -- just to get him on the team's payroll so he could earn an income. What's important to note here is that Maglie never even played for the Yankees -- and his two former teams (the Dodgers and Giants) apparently didn't care enough about him to do such a thing."
Sal Maglie was known as "the barber," because he was always ready to come up and in, chin music it used to be called.
He played for the NY Giants from 1945 til 1955, then moved on to a succession of teams. He landed with the Yanquis in 1957 for a partial season and then was gone at the end of the season. In 1958, after a stint with the Cards, he returned to the Yanquis for another partial season, then retired at the end of the 1958 season.
Career 119 and 62 with a 3.15 ERA; with those stats, he'd have a much longer career nowadays.
Source: SI.com
57 posted on
12/27/2003 9:03:36 PM PST by
Chu Gary
(USN Intel guy 1967 - 1970)
To: Chu Gary
Thanks for the info. I stand corrected!
68 posted on
12/27/2003 10:02:04 PM PST by
Alberta's Child
(Alberta -- the TRUE North strong and free.)
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