August 07, 2004
YEAH, RAP SHOWS ARE REALLY AN INSURANCE RISK
Thomas Barthel with the weekend's final baseball story:
"In the 7th game of the 1934 world series, the Cardinals were winning. The Tigers had not scored. Joe Medwick hit a long triple and slid hard—as he always did—into third. He and the third baseman threatened each other, but things settled down and the game went on. In the next inning, Joe went to his left field spot and a fan, furious that they were being humiliated, began to scream "Take him out!" and then started throwing stuff—fruit, pop bottles, milk bottles, anything—at Medwick. This went on for 17 minutes. Medwick refused to move but eventually Commissioner Landis took Medwick out of the game, 'for his own safety,' and the game finished. Medwick had 11 hits at that point and wanted to go for the then-current record of 12 held by his teammate, Pepper Martin."
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