Paul Blair

Born on this date, Paul Blair.

"Instinct and natural talent mean quite a bit. Paul Blair could stand in center field and know when a ball was hit over his head. He would turn around and run, never looking back at the ball, get to the spot, and then look up - and there would be the ball. He'd grab it easily. No one can explain what Paul Blair had that gave him the ability to run and run and then know exactly where the ball was coming down. That's something that can't be learned. Such players know where the ball is going long before it gets there. Watching them, it seems they know as soon as the ball leaves the bat. It can't be explained or taught." - Earl Weaver 

Paul Blair: 1944 - 2013

"I had no fear out there. I didn't play sluggers like Harmon Killebrew right behind second base. But I felt if the ball stayed in the park, I could catch it."

RIP

Paul Blair

Born on this date, Paul Blair.*

"I had no fear out there. I didn't play sluggers like Harmon Killebrew right behind second base. But I felt that if the ball stayed in the park, I could catch it."

*A ball getting by Brooks Robinson in the backgrund?!

Paul Blair

Born on today's date, Paul Blair.*

"I had no fear out there. I mean I didn't play sluggers like Harmon Killebrew right behind second base. But I felt that if the ball stayed in the park, I would catch it."

*A ball getting by Brooks in the background?!