I was sorry to find out that one of my all-time favorite Chicago White Sox players, Bill Skowron, has lung cancer, but is battling it in typical stubborn, positive and witty style.
From the May 22nd Chicago Tribune Musings of Moose" by Jim O'Donnell. They had a page and a half spread on him with two pictures in the article: a close-up of Moose today and one of him on the dugout steps with Roger Maris, Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle. Talk about a sluggers row and mostly Hall of Fame at that.
And, of course, he has some great baseball stories to tell.
He tells of one night during spring training when they begged Joe DiMaggio to take them out to dinner with his wife, Marilyn Monroe. Said Skowron, "I shaved four times that day. She was great--charming, funny, wanting to learn more about baseball. And absolutely gorgeous."
However, he noticed Marilyn had been slyly checking out another man. When the Yankee Clipper went to the bathroom, her glances got chancier. DiMaggio was known for being extremely territorial.
"All I thought was, 'If DiMaggio comes out and sees this, we've got problems,'" Skowron said. "Thank God she had the sense to cut it out when he got back."
I write about Bill Skowron because he was one of my first favorite baseball players, even if he did play for the Yankees.
Da Moose. --Cooter
No comments:
Post a Comment