"Cleveland scout Charley Ruffing revealed the other day why the Indians were pushovers while Charley was with the Yankees. 'I stooped over to pick up some dirt while batting one day and as I started to straighten up I turned my head a little and there I was looking right at catcher Frankie Pytlak's signs. After that, of course, all our hitters needed plenty of dirt on their hands. We picked off nearly every pitch and the Cleveland pitchers went crazy. They blamed Art Fletcher and Earle Combs, the coaches."
-Ken Smith in the New York Mirror (Baseball Digest, March 1953)
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