GET THREE!
"First baseman Jack Phillips of the Pittsburgh Pirates still laughs over some of his experiences playing service ball during World War II.
'It's funny how so many officers thought they knew all about baseball when they were assigned as managers,' Phillips says. 'I'll never forget playing one afternoon and relaxing on the bench, watching the opposing manager hit to the infield.
'The first time around he hollered 'get one,' then 'get two' and the boys would practice the double play. But when he took the ball in his hand and bellowed 'get three,' I had enough. Imagine practicing a triple play.' "
-Jack Hernon in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Baseball Digest, May 1951)
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