Monday, December 26, 2005

MONDAY'S FEATURES: Quote of the Week, Obscure Factoid

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

The inimitable Charlie O. Finley


"Once I was in New York, and an empty cab pulled up, and Bowie Kuhn got out."

--Charlie O. Finley, Oakland As's owner and no friend of then-baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, circa the mid-1970's.


OBSCURE FACTOID

Toby Harrah: nothing doing

The Lonely Guy
Toby Harrah, playing shortstop for the Texas Rangers on June 25, 1976, played all 18 innings of a doubleheader without handling one chance. Then, in 1977, Harrah played 17 innings of an extra-inning game at third base without recording an assist.

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