Yes, you read the title correctly.
Thought this little nugget from today's The Athletic Windup newsletter would be worth sharing with the Mantel gang on a Friday. I knew that something like this helped inspire The Natural, but don't remember if I ever got all the details about it. In any event, I definitely never knew it was captured on a baseball card... Here's the subsequent write-up:
"Listen … Whew.
It’s one thing to lead with the words, “In 1949 I was shot by a deranged girl.” You already have a very memorable baseball card there. But when the prompt is “MY BIGGEST THRILL IN BASEBALL” … instant classic. It’s a spit take in card form.
If you’re like me, this card was never going to provide enough information to sate your curiosity. Fear not, the SABR Bio project has you covered, and — as the card suggests — it’s a doozy. "
