Warren Hacker

Born on today's date, Warren Hacker.

"I'm pitching one day against Brooklyn in the old Ebbets Field and we're ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the ninth. They got the bases loaded, two outs. Then somebody hits this fly to right-center, and over goes Eddie Miksis, who was our centerfielder. But he falls into a hole. Really, there was a manhole out there and the groundskeeper forgot to put the top on it. Miksis falls right through, three runs score and we lose 3-2. I looked out there and thought a midget was playing centerfield."