Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Best probably apocryphal quote about Willie Mays' most famous catch.

 

From Don "Ears" Liddle, the lefty Leo Durocher brought in to get Vic Wertz, with two men on in the 8th inning of Game 1 in the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds, September 29, 1954.

After Wertz hit a ball 450-460 feet that Mays pulled down, Durocher leapt up and immediately took him out. 

Liddle, on returning to the bench:

"I got my man."

Almost certainly apocryphal. But too good not to use.










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