Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihlpg!eagle
From: eagle@ihlpg.UUCP (John Blumenstein)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Unmentioned baseball book
Message-ID: <1514@ihlpg.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 11:03:01 EST
Article-I.D.: ihlpg.1514
Posted: Thu Jan  2 11:03:01 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jan-86 01:57:29 EST
References: <2626@umcp-cs.UUCP> <12800014@uiucuxc>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Lines: 37

> 
> 
> 
>   In a 1942 story "You Could Look It Up" by James Thurber a midget named
> Pearl du Monville grounded out to the second baseman on a 3-0 pitch with 
> two out top of the ninth. 
>   It was some time later ( early 1950's ) that Bill Veeck, then owner of
> the St. Louis Browns, sent a midget to bat against Detroit. He walked.
> 
> 
>     ken fortenberry

*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR FAREWELL ***

How ironic,  this morning I heard of Bill Veeck's death and when I began to
read net this was the first article I read.  

Bill - Baseball will miss you.  Though the things you did sometimes (i.e.
the above article) were off the wall (Deep center of course) they were 
refreshing to hear about.  I have heard a number of wild stories of your
promos.  

Farewell,  maybe you will spice things up up there - I don't
think they will go for fireworks  and  exploding scoreboards. 
(It might be, it could be, It is - another soul was saved by Clarence A1
(Angel first class).   BANG BOOM BANG BOOM - there goes Bill again.)

				John T. Blumenstein
				ihlpg!eagle
-- 
				John T. Blumenstein
				ihlpg!eagle

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Sulu: "They say she has transwarp drive."
Scotty: "Aye, and if my mother had wheels she would be a wagon."