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Eight years ago, i read this incredible piece in The New Yorker. I'm glad to see that it's available online now. I thought of it when I saw the thread about R.A. Dickey's biography. This is an incredible read. I believe I read it while the Yankees and Sox were embroiled in the 2004 LCS.
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Good stuff. Thanks for sharing. I don't recall the knuckleballer named Zink. Did I miss him? Did he not make it?"Herman Franks to Sal Yvars to Bobby Thomson. Ralph Branca to Bobby Thomson to Helen Rita... cue Russ Hodges." -
I remember Charlie Zink. He never did much.Comment
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Charlie Zink played in one Major League game. It was eventful, to say the least:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...00808120.shtml"Heck, all I got was a $100 check. I should have kept it and framed it, but I had to eat".
Infielder Bob Hegman, when asked if he received a World Series ring for playing one inning of one game with the World
Champion 1985 Kansas City Royals.Comment
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