Although Mickey Rutner’s entire major league career consisted of only 12 games for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1947, his experience lives on in one of the finest works of baseball fiction, Eliot Asinof’s “Man on Spikes.” […]
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Dick Sipek: The Deafening Roar of the Crowd
When Dick Sipek took the field for the Cincinnati Reds in 1945, he was living the dream of many American kids before and since – with one major exception. Instead of hearing the roar of the crowd, the PA announcer heralding his first at bat or the umpire calling balls and strikes, all Dick Sipek heard was silence. See, Dick Sipek was completely deaf… […]