“Some will get by me, but you’re going to win more.” In that year, I led the league in ERA; he led the league in pass balls (laughing) the same year . . . but Uecker’s the one who said, “I’m going to call it, you throw it.”
It wasn’t so much a question, as it was a command. And that is what Luis Tiant was, a Commander. He was commanding me to prove to him that it was worth his time to answer my questions and he would decide during the next 60 seconds if he was staying or leaving, (and more than likely, taking Tony and Bert with him).
If you played baseball or softball or just love watching the games, you will enjoy reading Kelly G. Park’s book, Just Like Me.
He has done a wonderful service to the history of baseball by collecting and sharing these interviews. We are deeply appreciative that he included the narratives of African Americans and women so that a wider swath of the public who play the game can truly read this book and think, They were just like me.
Kelly G. Park is a Cardinals fan from Western Kentucky, and the author of a two-volume book set Just Like Me: When the Pros Played on the Sandlot. We chat about favorite baseball memories, bucket list items, and what it’s like to sit down and talk with greatness.
a pop fly turned into a line drive… right between my eyes.
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