Author Topic: Damn, don't piss Lou Gehrig off (Read 368 times)

OG Hack Wilson · « **on:** July 26, 2009, 08:41:12 PM »

http://books.google.com/books?id=FcOfMAbUFSsC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=%22lou+gehrig%22+%22bill+klem%22+2nd&source=bl&ots=4iNwvtsOvD&sig=N_EpEKcSFi1nfTN8yIO-nsTOF_w&hl=en&ei=xR5tSoLCKMS3tweO-oSJDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1

"He was distracted by the presence of umpire Bill Klem, who was standing near second base, directly in Gehrig's line of sight. Ordinarily, when a batter asks an umpire to move the umpire takes a few small steps one way or the other and the game resumed. It's a courtesy routine but Klem shook his head and held his ground. Gehrig asked him again to move. Klem refused. When Jakie May threw his pitch, Gehrig swung and lined a rocket aimed almost perfectly at Klem's head. The umpire jumped--"Old Klem never moved faster" one writer noted--and the ball scooted into centerfield. Both runners scored"

I'm reading the book "Luckiest Man" and came across this passage...LMAO imagine getting a baseball to the forehead for bein a dick

Other than Ruth, Gehrig may have been the best hitter ever