Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Sibby Sisti


On this date in 2006, Sibby Sisti passed away at age 85.

"When Sisti gets hurt, he does the job completely. The most sewn-up athlete in baseball. He carries the scars of 75 stitches on his carcass giving him the title of "The Embroidered Man". - Sportswriter Al Hirshberg

2 comments:

Commishbob said...

Wasn't that him in The Natural playing the Pirates' manager?

Contrary Guy said...

Wikipedia seems to think so!