WANER STILL HAS THE ANSWERS
"Paul Waner, the old Pittsburgh star who is now a free-lance hitting professor, has thousands of customers in the summer, when he runs a batting range in Pittsburgh. There are five pitching machines, all throwing fast ones up to the plate. Customers pay 25 cents for ten swings.
Most of the patrons come out just to look at Waner, and talk to him. He's had so many interruptions at the range that he had 5,000 cards printed. He carries a stack with him, and when someone approaches, Paul hands him a card. It reads:
'Paul, how are you?- Fine, thank you.
'How is your brother Lloyd?- Fine, thank you.
'What is he doing?- Nothing.
'What are you doing?- Practically nothing.
'What do you think of the Pirates?- Practically nothing.
'Any good hitters at your batting range?- One.
'Why don't you sign him for the Pirates?- I am too old."
-Pat Harmon in the Cincinnati Post (Baseball Digest, May 1954)
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