Posted By:
Chris CountsBart,
You probably already know this, but Jim Delsing was the only player in major league baseball history to pinch run for a midget ...
Also, here's another amusing tid bit from none other than Dan Rather, who in an interview, reflects back on his time as a play-by-play anoouncer for the Houston Buffaloes, a AAA team ...
"I remember the Buffalos were on the road one time, and we were recreating (a game) in the studio, and there was a close play at the plate. I was in that phase where I was trying to use baseball lingo -- I would use wheels instead of legs, like that -- I'm not proud of it, but that's what I did. And so after the center fielder, Jim Delsing, made this terrific throw, I say, "The runner breaks, Delsing takes two steps, he makes a perfect throw, and he's out at the plate." I paused. And then I said, "What a hose on that Delsing." My color man, Frank McGee, fell off the stool laughing. I couldn't continue. I was totally humiliated ..."
By the way, do you have a Red Man tobacco card of him? He made the Red Man set in 1954. There are a few of them on eBay right now ...