War Hero Lou Brissie And His Most Famous Moment
A few weeks back, on the Baseball Tonight podcast, in advance of our nation’s 250th birthday, Buster Olney and Todd Radom discussed the most “American” moments in baseball history. Olney brought up Lou Brissie. Leland Victor Brissie was born in South Carolina in 1924. He began his baseball career at the tender age of 16…
The Sad Story Of Mel Hall
When I was a kid, there was a outfielder for the Cleveland Indians who used to put batting gloves in each back pocket so that when he hit a home run, he could “wave goodbye” to the other team. In the parlance of the day, Mel Hall was a “hot dog.” Funnily enough, he never…