CHAPTER 16 Bottom of the Eighth: Joe Collins
269 “Instead of diving”—Peter Golenbock interview with Joe Collins.
269 “Because”—
Id
.
269 “kindling”—
Sporting News
, March 7, 1956.
270 “The statistics”—
New York Times
, April 28, 1958.
270 “He was the kind”—Interview with Bobby Brown.
271 “I was hot”—Interview with Bill Skowron.
271 “Of course”—Peter Golenbock interview with Joe Collins.
272 “Would you believe”—
Id
.
272 “I played”—
Baseball Digest
, October 1952.
272 “He was a good”—Peter Golenbock interview with Joe Collins.
273 “He instilled”—
Baseball Digest
, October 1952.
273 “We were high school”—
New York Times
, March 27, 1958.
273 “I’d say”—HOF interview with Joe Collins.
274 “It may sound”—Peter Golenbock interview with Joe Collins.
275 “the shit stance”—
Id
.
275 “I used to kid”—Interview with Bob Wolff.
275 “If I’m going”—
New York Times
, March 10, 1951.
275 “When he was hot”—Interview with Bobby Brown.
275 “Nobody”—Peter Golenbock interview with Joe Collins.
276 “He now may settle”—
New York Times
, June 17, 1952.
276 “Collins is popular”—
Id.
, June 25, 1952.
276 “one of the most”—
Id.
, September 29, 1955.
276 “When they did that”—Arlene Howard,
Elston and Me
, p. 40.
276 “He may never”—
New York Times
, April 28, 1958.
276 “He was a terrific”—Interview with Tony Kubek.
277 “I was looking”—Peter Golenbock interview with Joe Collins.
277 “He couldn’t get me out”—
Id
.
278 “It would be nice”—
New York Times
, September 29, 1955.
279 “I was no gazelle”—Interview with Bill Skowron.
279 “You know, Moose”—
Id
.
279 “never should”—
New York Times
, June 11, 1956.
280 “The applause”—Tape of radio broadcast.
280 “It was”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 168.
280 “was the most”—Interview with Joe Collins Jr.
280 “giving a great”—Tape of radio broadcast.
2
81 “a little huddle”—Peter Golenbock interview with Joe Collins.
281 “Nothing”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 197.
281 “the toughest”—Mickey Mantle,
All My Octobers
, p. 57.
281 “a clenched fist”—
Sporting News
, April 13, 1968.
281 “a permanent”—
Los Angeles Times
, September 6, 1964.
282 “Don’t hit”—Interview with Hank Bauer Jr.
282 “I didn’t
think
”—Richard Lally,
Bombers
, p. 74.
282 “I could feel”—
Id
.
282 “I hit”—
Id
., p. 73.
283 “But the ball”—
Id
.
283 “Rushing in”—
Time
, September 13, 1964.
283 “You would have to”—
New York World Telegram and Sun
, October 11, 1951.
283 “greatest thrill”—
New York Journal American
, January 3, 1964.
283 “My oldest sisters”—Peter Golenbock,
Dynasty
, p. 150.
284 “He was a real”—
Time
, September 13, 1964.
284 “That’s the reason”—
Id
.
284 “They had a whistle”—Peter Golenbock,
Dynasty
, p. 150.
284 “I learned”—
Sports Collectors Digest
, February 14, 1997.
284 “I wasn’t blessed”—Peter Golenbock,
Dynasty
, p. 153.
284 “Baseball has never”—
American Weekly
, September 7, 1958.
284 “The only guy”—Tommy Henrich,
Five O’Clock Lightning
, p. 205.
284 “When Hank”—
Time
, September 13, 1964.
284 “He’s the hardest-running”—
American Weekly
, September 7, 1958.
285 “You wouldn’t have”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
285 “Don’t they ever”—
Oshkosh Northwestern
, July 31, 1999.
285 “greasy hot dogs”—
Id
.
285 “He was a tremendously”—
Id
.
286 “We were just”—
Id
.
286 “that made him”—
Id
.
286 “I wanted to get”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
286 “It was a great experience”—
Sports Collectors Digest
, February 14, 1997.
286 “was proudest”—Interview with Bea Bauer.
286 “I didn’t get”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
287 “Oh, shit”—
Id
.
287 “You gutless”—
Id
.
287 “He was a one-man”—Interview with Gil McDougald.
288 “Joe Page”—Tommy Henrich,
Five O’Clock Lightning
, p. 205.
288 “He never made it”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
288 “I saw this reflection”—
Time
, September 13, 1964.
289 “his little brother”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
289 “You better”—
Id
.
289 “Harris has brought”—
New York World Telegram
, September 1948.
290 “Shit”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
290 “It’s about time”—
Id
.
290 “His strength”—
Time
, September 13, 1964.
290 “a cement mixer”—
New York Times
, October 10, 1966.
291 “sounds like”—
Sporting News
, April 13, 1968.
291 “When it came”—
Time
, September 13, 1964.
291 “Crusty”—Interview with Andy Carey.
291 “a supernice”—Interview with Gil McDougald.
291 “Hank took it”—Arlene Howard,
Elston and Me
, p. 42.
291 “As a veteran”—Interview with Bobby Richardson.
292 “Don’t mess”—Yogi Berra,
Ten Rings
, p. 71.
292 “When it came”—Interview with Bobby Richardson.
292 “When I saw”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
292 “I didn’t care”—
Id
.
292 “Now you can take”—
New York Times
, June 21, 1961.
293 “At the time”—Yankee, 2000.
293 “I was on the bench”—
New York Times
, March 5, 1968.
294 “How would you like”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
294 “You know the reason”—
Id
.
294 “to do everything”—Peter Golenbock,
Dynasty
, p. 148.
294 “Hank couldn’t”—
Time
, September 13, 1964.
295 “Me?”—David Cataneo,
Casey Stengel
, p. 64.
295 “First of all”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
295 “Mr. Bauer”—
Milwaukee Journal
, October 5, 1958.
296 “It suddenly felt”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 171.
296 “I didn’t think”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
296 “Our strategy”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 177.
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98 “a wide spot”—Interview with Dale Mitchell Jr.
298 “That was”—Interview with Bo Mitchell.
299 “I had to keep”—
Cleveland News
, July 11, 1949.
299 “needed”—
Id
.
300 “I had a habit”—
Sporting News
, July 16, 1947.
300 “My coach”—
Id.
, May 10, 1950.
300 “was never”—Interview with Dale Mitchell Jr.
300 “big year”—Interview with Bo Mitchell.
301 “Who hit”—Interview with Dale Mitchell Jr. (based on a conversation with Arlen Specter).
301 “couldn’t let”—
Cleveland News
, July 11, 1949.
301 “is the outstanding”—
Sporting News
, March 26, 1947.
302 “I’ll make good”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, July 20, 1947.
302 “astonished”—
Baseball Digest
, February 1949.
302 “one of the most”—
New York Times
, October 5, 1948.
302 “the biggest”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, May 7, 1970.
302 “In this game”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, August 20, 1948.
303 “Spoke”—
Id
.
303 “the man has”—
Baseball Digest
, February 1949, and
Sporting News
, November 10, 1948.
303 “You know, Dad”—Interview with Bo Mitchell.
303 “When the Yankees”—Interview with Dale Mitchell Jr.
304 “mash anybody”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, July 22, 1948.
304 “Swish”—
Id.
, March 10, 1952.
305 “Greenberg put”—Interview with Dale Mitchell Jr.
305 “And next year”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, September 9, 1953.
305 “I’m still convinced”—
Id.
, March 3, 1956.
306 “Dale, we just”—Interview with Bo Mitchell.
306 “one of the most”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, July 30, 1956.
306 “They certainly”—Interview with Bo Mitchell.
307 “He liked Brooklyn”—Interview with Dale Mitchell Jr.
307 “We were”—Peter Golenbock,
Bums
, p. 418.
308 “Strike three”—Tape of radio broadcast.
308 “was right over the middle”—
New York Daily Mirror
, October 9, 1956.
308 “I had”—Mickey Mantle,
All My Octobers
, p. 76.
308 “last pitch”—Interview with Andy Carey.
308 “It wasn’t”—Interview with Gil McDougald.
308 “was high”—Interview with Tim Wiles, HOF Research Director (who was with Slaughter when he made the comment).
308 “My legs”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 187.
309 “So”—Yogi Berra,
What Time Is It?
, p. 103.
309 “greatest thrills”—
Id
., p. 99.
309 “Is that”—
Id
., p. 103.
309 “High and outside”—Interview with Carl Erskine.
309 “Babe Pinelli”—Interview with Duke Snider.
309 “I might have”—
New York Post
, October 9, 1956.
309 “It makes”—
Sporting News
, October 31, 1981.
310 “They’re going”—Interview with Bo Mitchell.
310 “He never”—
USA Today
, October 8, 1996.
3
11 “I had nothing else”—
Sporting News
, October 31, 1981.
312 “It’s sometimes”—Interview with Don Larsen.
312 “Sal”—
Sports Illustrated
, April 22, 1968.
313 “gave his typical”—Interview with Joe Maglie.
313 “was like”—
Niagara Gazette
, June 27, 1970.
313 “There’s probably”—Interview with Doris Maglie.
313 “the worst headache”—
Id
.
313 “I would put”—
Id
.
314 “Carl”—Carl Erskine,
What I Learned from Jackie Robinson
, p. 127.
315 “I love you”—Rachel Robinson,
Jackie Robinson
, p. 216.
315 “As soon as”—HOF Interview with Gil McDougald.
315 “I woke up”—David Eisenberg, “McDougald a Sharp Businessman,” unidentified HOF article, November 7, 1970.
3
16 “Gil”—Interview with Gil McDougald and Lucille McDougald.
316 “Everyone”—
New York Times
, January 4, 1995.
317 “I didn’t know”—
Sports Illustrated
, July 10, 1989.
317 “I no have”—
New York Times
, April 28, 1967.
317 “You don’t need”—
Sports Illustrated
, July 10, 1989.
318 “He had his day”—Interview with Buzzie Bavasi.
318 “The Dodgers”—Interview with Carl Erskine.
319 “I like”—
New York Times
, September 1, 1968.
319 “I don’t know”—Interview with Carl Furillo Jr.
319 “Hey, sleepyhead”—
Id
.
319 “Why are you”—
Id
.
320 “I’m looking forward”—
Los Angeles Examiner
, January 26, 1958.
320 “were shocked”—Interview with Roy Campanella Jr.
320 “suspicious mind”—
Milwaukee Journal
, August 12, 1960.
320 “taken on”—Roy Campanella,
It’s Good to Be Alive
, p. 304.
320 “Hi, slugger”—
New York Daily News
, October 5, 1958.
321 “I know you can’t”—
New York Newsday
, June 28, 1993.
321 “One thing”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 199.
321 “let’s go”—Peter Golenbock,
Dynasty
, p. 294.
322 “I never claim”—
Sporting News
, November 28, 1958.
322 “After I was traded”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 204.
322 “sitting”—Peter Golenbock,
Wild, High and Tight
, p. 167.
322 “I’m thinking”—Michael Demarco,
Dugout Days
, p. 41.
323 “He likened”—Interview with Billy Martin Jr.
323 “I went out”—Interview with Tony Kubek.
323 “Nothing”—Interview with Billy Martin Jr.
323 “incredible”—
Time
, May 11, 1981.
324 “I’m not happy”—Interview with Billy Martin Jr.
324 “It was”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 256.
324 “I should have”—Interview with Duke Snider.
325 “It made”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 268.
325 “Christ”—
Id
., p. 281.
325 “Religion”—Interview with Duke Snider.
325 “One of my concerns”—
New York Times
, July 21, 1995.
326 “I used to”—David Gallen,
The Baseball Chronicles
, p. 309.
326 “Hey”—Bill Liederman and Maury Allen,
Our Mickey
, p. 28.
326 “Today”—
Sporting News
, July 20, 1968.
327 “As he grew”—Interview with Bob Wolff.
327 “Fuck bar mitzvahs”—Bill Liederman and Maury Allen,
Our Mickey
, p. 57.
327 “Here’s”—Merlyn Mantle,
A Hero All His Life
, p. 28.
327 “Mick”—
Id
.
328 “You talk”—
Id
., p. 30.
328 “You would”—Interview with Whitey Ford.
329 “Podnuh”—Vince Staten,
Ol’ Diz
, p. 262.
329 “He loved”—Interview with Mark Reese.
329 “Those gutless”—
Id
.
330 “You’re sure”—
Sporting News
, March 5, 1984.
330 “he gave”—
Louisville Courier-Journal
, August 13, 1984.
330 “I just”—
Silurian News
, November 1993.
330 “Pee Wee”—Roger Kahn,
The Boys of Summer
, p. 455.
331 “Manage who?”—Yogi Berra,
When You Come to a Fork in the Road
, p. 65.
331 “A gentle soul”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 211.
332 “It was”—Yogi Berra,
When You Come to a Fork in the Road
, p. 47.
332 “I had”—
Id
., p. 5.
332 “I did not”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
333 “Yogi’s”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 24.
333 “I think”—Yogi Berra,
It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
, p. 137.
333 “Yogi will be”—Daily News,
Yogi Berra
, p. 192.
333 “What’s the use”—
Id
., p. 198.
334 “You know”—Interview with Bobby Richardson.
334 “He is very”—Interview with Dave Kaplan.
334 “Yogi was”—
Id
.
334 “You know”—
Id
.
335 “He is”—
Id
.
335 “Carey and Casey”—
Sporting News
, October 9, 1957.
335 “You’ll wish”—L. Moffi interview with Andy Carey (HOF).
335 “He was”—Interview with Gil McDougald.
335 “Well, Carey”—L. Moffi interview with Andy Carey (HOF).
335 “I was hitting”—
Id
.
336 “This kid”—
Philadelphia Bulletin
, March 26, 1962.
336 “Lucy”—
Sporting News
, April 4, 1962.
336 “That was”—Interview with Andy Carey.
337 “I think”—
Id
.
337 “They always”—L. Moffi interview with Andy Carey (HOF).
337 “Imagine”—Interview with Andy Carey.
338 “that he would”—Interview with Susie Carey.
338 “He had to”—
Id
.
338 “Gilliam’s trouble”—
Newsday
, October 1, 1959.
338 “Out of”—
Los Angeles Times
, June 18, 1963.
338 “foul”—Interview with Buzzie Bavasi.
339 “There must”—
Sporting News
, March 23, 1963.
339 “I’ve had it”—
New York Times
, October 8, 1966.
339 “As a coach”—
Los Angeles Examiner
, April 26, 1968.
340 “He loved”—Interview with Clem Labine.
340 “jumped”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 161.
340 “We’re going”—
Id
., p. 187.
341 “bitter”—Interview with Enos Slaughter (HOF).
341 “I can’t”—Enos Slaughter,
Country Hardball
, p. 201.
341 “He went”—Interview with Gaye Slaughter.
341 “My life”—
New York Times
, March 7, 1985.
341 “to stay home”—unidentified HOF
Washington Post
article, 1992.
342 “You know”—Interview with Sharon Slaughter.
342 “Daddy, do you”—
Id
.
342 “Daddy, you can”—Interview with Gaye Slaughter.
343 “Dr. Jekyll”—Unidentified AP article (HOF), February 13, 1969.
343 “He was a big”—Peter Golenbock,
Amazin’
, pp. 194-95.
344 “His hands”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 59.
344 “I had sharp pains”—Gil Hodges,
The Game of Baseball
, p. 103.
344 “I feel great”—
New York Daily News
, November 22, 1968.
344 “A minimum”—
Id.
, April 5, 1969.
344 “Gil”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
345 “Oh, my God”—YouTube video with Joan Hodges, et al., May 29, 2007.
345 “I didn’t like”—
Id
.
345 “In baseball’s”—
Sporting News
, November 1, 1969.
345 “sent me flowers”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
345 “What time”—
New York Times
, April 3, 1972.
346 “And I thought”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
346 “I made up”—
New York Times
, March 27, 1958.
346 “I couldn’t play”—Peter Golenbock interview with Joe Collins.
347 “You’re killing”—Interview with Gil McDougald.
347 “He was a ballbuster”—Interview with Joe Collins Jr.
348 “At the age”—
Sports Collectors Digest
, February 14, 1997.
348 “He was pretty tough”—Interview with Hank Bauer Jr.
348 “This is”—
New York Times
, June 21, 1961.
349 “What is it”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
349 “When a man”—
Time
, September 13, 1964.
349 “I hated”—
New York Times
, September 25, 1966.
349 “Bauer has done”—
New York Times
, September 25, 1966.
349 “I’m gonna”—
Sporting News
, October 21, 1967.
350 “I hung up”—undated
Kansas City Sun
article (HOF).
350 “I’m sticking”—
Sporting News
, November 9, 1968.
350 “I made”—Interview with Hank Bauer.
351 “My biggest”—Interview with Bea Bauer.
352 “I know”—Interview with Dale Mitchell Jr.
353 “Who invited”—
Id
.
354 “The doctor”—
Id
.
355 “This supernatural”—Interview with Bo Mitchell.
355 “best known”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, January 6, 1987.