I've not read the Dellinger book, have not heard of it. But thank you, Ted, I'll now seek out a copy, and put in in the stack beside the bed...
Concepcion card... whenever I see one, I smile, because I remember a story I heard back when Larry Bowa and Davey C were both putting in near perfect fielding one season. The two were battling it out with the glove. Just before the Phillies and Reds met in a series, Concepcion made an error. So a day or so later the teams are both on the field as they're about to meet for the first game of the series. Both are out there warming up. During BP and warmups Bowa says "Hi,Elmer" as he sees Concepcion. He keeps speaking to Davey, and calling him Elmer. Finally, Davey says, "Hey Larry, my name's not Elmer." Bowa replies, "I'm sorry, I thought it was, I kept seeing E Concepcion in the box scores and thought the E stood for 'Elmer.'"
If it isn't true it should be...
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