CHAPTER 13 Top of the Seventh: Jim Gilliam
216 “his good stuff”—
Philadelphia Bulletin
, October 16, 1965.
217 “Those balls”—
Los Angeles Times
, March 5, 1958.
217 “The tough one”—
Baseball Digest
, September 1959.
217 “So Gilliam”—
New York Times
, June 13, 1965.
217 “a blistering rounder”—
Los Angeles Examiner
, April 29, 1966.
218 “the key play”—
Philadelphia Bulletin
, October 16, 1965.
218 “the fielding gem”—
Hartford Times
, October 23, 1965.
218 “He’s the best”—
New York Times
, May 24, 1953.
218 “Jim doesn’t”—
Sporting News
, October 21, 1978.
218 “I had one job”—
Id.
, April 29, 1953.
219 “I helped”—
Newsday
, September 29, 1965.
219 “He was a natural”—
Sporting News
, April 29, 1953.
219 “I’ve been watching”—
New York Times
, May 24, 1953.
219 “The name’s Jim”—
Sporting News
, January 6, 1954.
219 “Junior (‘Call Me Jim’)”—
Id.
, January 27, 1954.
219 “I couldn’t hit”—
New York Times
, May 24, 1953.
220 “When I was 12”—
Los Angeles Examiner
, June 20, 1959.
220 “I soon”—
Id.
, February 3, 1958.
220 “I thought”—
New York World Telegram and Sun
, March 20, 1958.
220 “the boy”—
Sporting News
, April 8, 1953.
220 “When nobody”—
New York Times
, September 7, 1979.
221 “This kid’s”—
Washington Post
, October 12, 1978.
221 “In the two years”—
Sporting News
, March 25, 1953.
221 “He can run”—
New York World Telegram and Sun
, February 24, 1953.
221 “Playing alongside”—
New York World Telegram and Sun
, March 20, 1953.
221 “continues to be”—
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
, March 20, 1953.
221 “I’ll have to”—
New York Times
, May 24, 1953.
221 “No. It’s still”—
Sporting News
, April 29, 1953.
222 “Sheeet”—Larry Moffi and Jonathan Kronstadt,
Crossing the Line
, p. 92.
222 “I’m going to have”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 222.
222 “I was figuring”—
New York Herald Tribune
, December 24, 1953.
222 “Sweet Lips”—Interview with Carl Erskine.
222 “as quiet a rookie”—
New York Herald Tribune
, December 24, 1953.
223 “He wasn’t”—Interview with Carl Erskine.
223 “He and Campanella”—
Id
.
223 “Who wants”—
Los Angeles Examiner
, January 9, 1965.
223 “Jim’s calm”—
New York Daily Mirror
, May 12, 1953.
224 “deportment is”—
Sporting News
, January 11, 1964.
224 “Junior dragged”—
New York World Telegram and Sun
, July 12, 1957.
225 “I have never”—
Los Angeles Times
, June 18, 1963.
225 “There’s a ball”—Tape of radio broadcast.
225 “When I came up”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 151.
225 “If I keep”—Interview with Bob Wolff.
226 “That’s twenty-one”—Tape of radio broadcast.
226 “Well, Mick”—Mickey Mantle,
All My Octobers
, p. 75.
226 “It was”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 152.
227
“I sure hate”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 96.
228 “As long as”—
Sporting News
, October 2, 1957.
228 “I’m playing”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 96, and
Saturday Evening Post
, May 17, 1947.
229 “Skipper”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 101.
229 “I made up”—
Id
., p. 101.
229 “I never expected”—
Yankee
, May 9, 1985.
230 “You shudda”—
Los Angeles Times
, August 15, 2002.
230 “mad dash”—
New York Herald Tribune
, October 15, 1946.
231 “When you’re a farm boy”—
Sporting News
, July 27, 1976.
231 “There wasn’t enough”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 7.
231 “He saves”—
Houston Post
, April 8, 1969.
231 “I just loved”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 10.
232 “My mind was set”—
Id
.
232 “clumsy”—
Saturday Evening Post
, May 17, 1947.
232 “She was in love”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 11.
232 “Did you know”—
Id
., p. 12.
232 “Those three days”—
Id
.
233 “Listen”—
Saturday Evening Post
, May 17, 1947.
233 “From then on”—
Chicago Tribune
, September 14, 1959.
233 “He is”—
Saturday Evening Post
, May 17, 1947.
233 “I used to watch”—
Sporting News
, December 26, 1963.
234 “slugger extraordinary”—Unidentified HOF article, October 7, 1937.
234 “one of the brightest”—unidentified HOF article.
234 “You can take”—Interview with Enos Slaughter (HOF).
234 “Slaughter can throw”—
Sporting News
, March 17, 1938.
234 “Slaughter was off”—
Id.
, May 19, 1938.
235 “potential brilliance”—
Id.
235 “his temperature”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 34.
235 “Me being”—Interview with Enos Slaughter (HOF).
236 “I wasn’t in awe”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 47.
236 “Are you okay”—
Id
., p. 57.
237 “the greatest throw”—
New York Daily Mirror
, December 23, 1942.
237 “These guys”—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, August 13, 2002.
238 “That big baboon”—
Id
.
238 “A throwback”—
Saturday Evening Post
, May 17, 1947.
238 “If you do this”—Roger Kahn,
The Era
, p. 59.
239 “I didn’t have to”—
New York Times
, May 9, 1947.
239 “Tradition had it”—Red Barber,
1947
, p. 279.
239 “I ain’t never”—Interview with Enos Slaughter (HOF).
239 “I don’t think”—Interview with Gaye Slaughter.
239 “tried to persuade”—Letter from W. Ray Raleigh to William Morrow & Company, June 23, 1994 (HOF).
239 “rough and racial”—Roger Kahn,
The Era
, pp. 56, 341.
239 “The facts are”—Harvey Frommer,
Rickey and Robinson
, p. 138.
239 “I never heard”—Interview with Chuck Diering.
240 “there was nothing”—Interview with Marty Marion.
240 “a tempest”—Ford C. Frick,
Games, Asterisks, and People
, pp. 97-98.
240 “was out by”—Peter Golenbock,
Bums
, p. 163.
240 “Enos stepped”—
Id
., p. 164.
240 “Slaughter deliberately”—Jackie Robinson,
I Never Had It Made
, p. 67.
240 “Slaughter’s foot”—
New York Times
, August 21, 1947.
241 “My guess”—Red Barber,
1947
, p. 279.
241 “Whoever said”—Interview with Enos Slaughter (HOF).
241 “Slaughter, following always”—
Saturday Evening Post
, May 17, 1947.
242 “I don’t care”—Interview with Gaye Slaughter.
242 “Watch your feet”—
New York Times
, March 7, 1985.
242 “a dirty player”—
Sporting News
, October 5, 1949.
242 “covering first awkwardly”—Roger Kahn,
October Men
, p. 11.
243 “the most serious”—Ken Burns,
Baseball
video.
243 “relentlessly”—Interview with Ken Burns.
243 “was after him”—
Id
.
243 “I wanted writers”—
Id
.
244 “impossible to know”—
Id
.
244 “Full of zing”—
New York Sun
, March 19, 1950.
244 “I love St. Louis”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 117.
245 “murder to put”—
Id
., p. 138.
245 “The old kid”—
Sporting News
, December 12, 1951.
246 “a spectacular diving”—John Thorn,
Total Baseball
, p. 297.
246 “The old feller”—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, January 28, 1979.
246 “This is the first”—
Sporting News
, October 2, 1957.
246 “Eno”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 154.
246 “We have several”—unidentified HOF article, April 12, 1954.
247 “This is the biggest”—
Id
.
247 “Her parents”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 135.
247 “One thing”—Peter Golenbock interview with Enos Slaughter.
247 “My boy”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 157.
248 “He always knew”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
248 “He talked about”—Interview with Bobby Richardson.
248 “If you ever”—Interview with Gil McDougald.
248 “I hustled”—Richard Lally,
Bombers
, p. 104.
249 “The news”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 162.
249 “The people”—
Id
., p. 165.
249 “How would you like”—
Id
., p. 168.
249 “Although Enos”—
Sporting News
, September 5, 1956.
249 “I really think”—
Yankee
, May 9, 1985.
250 “There goes”—Tape of radio broadcast.
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51 “It was a pretty one-sided”—
Parade
, August 1, 1954.
252 “Call down”—
Saturday Evening Post
, September 8, 1951.
252 “He hit”—
Id
.
252 “roaring”—
Parade
, August 1, 1954.
252 “We all thought”—
Id
.
253 “I just couldn’t look”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
253 “Joanie, Joanie”—
Id
.
253 “Did you know”—
Parade,
August 1, 1954.
253 “There isn’t enough”—
New York Daily News
, September 1, 1950.
253 “There’s a hum”—Tape of radio broadcast.
254 “comforting feeling”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 161.
254 “Concentrate”—
Id
., p. 162.
254 “The drama rises”—Tape of radio broadcast.
255 “Maybe you realized”—Interview with Johnny Podres.
255 “That’s the way”—
Collier’s
, August 21, 1953.
255 “The big, handsome”—
Complete Baseball
(September 1952). (HOF excerpt).
255 “It’s too warm”—
Collier’s
, August 21, 1953.
256 “The way”—
New York Times
, August 26, 1955.
256 “Gil was”—Peter Golenbock,
Bums
, p. 328.
256 “We didn’t talk”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
256 “I never had”—
Sporting News
, March 13, 1957.
257 “I don’t know”—
Saturday Evening Post
, September 8, 1951.
257 “Don’t fuck”—Peter Golenbock,
Bums
, p. 325.
257 “He was a nice”—
Id
., p. 283.
257 “I don’t know”—
Saturday Evening Post
, September 8, 1951.
258 “I look out”—
Id
.
258 “Charley Hodges’ boys”—
Sporting News
, June 15, 1963.
258 “Bobby was”—
Id
.
258 “breathless”—
Guidepost
, September 1960.
259 “He ducked”—
Complete Baseball
, September 1951.
259 “I went overboard”—
Baseball
, January 1950, p. 268.
259 “Being a country boy”—
Guidepost
, September 1960.
260 “Yes, he was”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
260 “I prayed”—
Guidepost
, September 1960.
260 “There will”—
Id
.
260 “Gil just”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
260 “Since when”—
Saturday Evening Post
, September 8, 1951.
260 “He tried me”—
Baseball
, January 1950, p. 268.
261 “God is giving”—
Guidepost
, September 1960.
261 “One thing”—
Brooklyn Eagle
, March 23, 1948.
261 “Hodges is”—Fred Down, March 25, 1948, unidentified HOF article.
261 “The boy was”—
Sporting News
, April 7, 1948.
262 “I was more”—Gil Hodges,
The Game of Baseball
, p. 13.
262 “Son”—
Id
.
262 “I’d never played”—
Sporting News
, July 7, 1948.
262 “There’s little doubt”—Gross, “Week-End Personality,” unidentified HOF article, September 4, 1949.
263 “What’s going on”—Interview with Buzzie Bavasi.
263 “It’s the way”—Gil Hodges,
The Game of Baseball
, p. 69.
263 “my old man”—Peter Golenbock,
Amazin’
, p. 131.
263 “He’s taking”—Carl Erskine,
Tales from the Dodger Dugout
, p. 126.
263 “He was kind of”—Interview with Carl Erskine.
264 “That guy”—
Id
.
265 “Gil and Eddie”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
265 “When the boys”—
Id
.
266 “We had to have”—
Id
.
266 “As much as”—Gil Hodges,
The Game of Baseball
, p. 105.
267 “Unlike the previous”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 163.
267 “My God”—Larry Moffi interview with Andy Carey (HOF).
267 “He’s got it”—Tape of radio broadcast.
267 “Thus far”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 165.