Speaking of scary - could it have been sh*ts and giggles to have Ryne Duren eyeballing you from the mound?
Duran made his career out of being just wild enough to scare batters. He wore those bottle bottom glasses to make batter thing he couldn’t see. He actually could see very well. He furthered the hype by normally hitting the backstop with the first warm up pitch or two.
He was a short reliever with a high 90’s fastball. Batters never dug in with him. Fear factor.
rwood