I was Sain's "handler" along with former Negro League star Wilmer Fields for a television interview in Washington DC. I got to ride in a limo with them from the hotel in suburban Virginia to the television station in Washington DC. I am pretty sure it was on the occasion of a Jackie Robinson anniversary as I recall and I was working with one of the early CSA shows to get publicity. Sain was the first MLB pitcher to face Robinson and Fields had played with him some.
There were "bumps" in the appearance. Fields was just coming off heart surgery and had overslept. I felt bad, but I had to rush him because it was a live sequence. Sain was having the problems men of a certain age have and made us pull over the limo so he could relieve himself behind a dumpster in the middle of Washington DC. We got there just in time for the interview. They were both great. They were also friendly and charming to me and the quirks in our ride to a Washington DC station made it memorable and endearing to me.
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