“(Sammy) Taylor was behind the plate for one of
the odder moments in baseball history, when two baseballs were in play at the
same time. The Cubs were hosting the Cardinals on June 30, 1959. Stan Musial
was at bat, and the 3-1 pitch from Bob Anderson bounced off Taylor and umpire
Vic Delmore and rolled to the backstop. Musial ran to first for the walk.
Taylor, instead of retrieving the ball, argued that Musial had fouled it off.
That ball was picked up by the Cardinals batboy who handed it to field
announced Pat Pieper, who realized it was in play and dropped it. Meanwhile,
Delmore took out a new ball and handed it to Anderson. Musial, seeing that nobody
had retrieved the original ball, took off for second base. Anderson threw the
new ball toward second but fired it into the outfield instead. Musial saw the
ball headed to center field and ran to third. He was surprised to be tagged out
by shortstop Ernie Banks, who had the original ball that had been tracked down
by third baseman Al Dark. It was ultimately determined that since Musial was
tagged with the original ball, he was out.”
Saturday, April 25, 2020
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