CLOSED...1961 Topps $15 Auction...Day 36

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Well...I guess I could tell you that Johnny Blanchard probably wish he would have dropped another finger or two when he called the pitch that Mazeroski hit to win the World Series, but that's just not obscure enough. So I'll tell you that another Johnny, Johnny Damon, became the 2nd MLBer in history to collect three hits in an inning, during a game in 2003. The Red Sox plated 10 runs that inning, with Damon just a homer short of the cycle in that first inning. The 2nd MLBer, you ask?!? Yes, the first is here today...Gene Stephens, who accomplished the feat, also for Boston, in 1953 during a 17-run inning. He spent most of his career backing up Ted Williams, but for one inning, one day, he did something The Splinter never accomplished.