Author Archives: Johnny Lumsden

“The greatest thrill in the world is to end the game with a home run and watch everybody else walk off the field while you’re running the bases on air.” Former AL MVP describes the thrill of hitting a game winning home run. The 3rd baseman led the AL twice in round trippers.

“He has muscles in his hair.” One of the great starters in baseball history describing former A’s and Red Sox slugging first baseman Jimmie Foxx, who was portrayed as an action figure as he looked like a body builder.

“It’s great stuff. We’re not into the electronic age yet. To figure out what the score of the Cub’s game is you’ve got to be able to add. You can’t add, you don’t know what the score of the game is.” One of the great Cubs’ first baseman of all time reflects on the symbolization of the famous Wrigley Field manuel scoreboard.

“The last thing you want to do is to go down in the history of all-star game competition as the only injury sustained during the team picture.” Iron Man joking at breaking his nose on Roberto Hernandez’s arm during a photo mishap for the AL team picture in 1996.