"Gene Desautels, then a rookie catcher with Detroit, was a cocky young fellow and was giving umpire Cal Hubbard a hard time. On a play at second, Desautels slid in and Hubbard called him out. I think Hubbard was hoping Desautels would complain so he could throw him out of the game, too. Desautels said sweetly, 'You can't call me out.' Hubbard blustered, 'Oh, no? Why not?' 'Because I'm sitting on the ball.'" - President of the American League and former Red Sox manager Joe Cronin when asked by the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee if he'd ever seen a player win an argument with an umpire
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And all this time, I thought it was CC Sabathia that started that cockeyed hat craze...
I liked him better when he played War Pigs in Black Sabathia.
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