Thursday, January 20, 2011

Roy Hartsfield: 1925 - 2011


The first manager of the Toronto Blue Jays.

"Roy," said Donatelli, "if you ever learned to hit that pitch, you'd go to the big leagues."

"And if you learned how to call it right," snapped Hartsfield, "we could go on the same train."

Roy Hartsfield and umpire Augie Donatelli during a minor league game. (Baseball Digest, July 1960)

RIP Roy Hartsfield.

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