A W.T.B.U. MAN
"Tom Sheehan, New York Giants scout and a former right-handed pitcher of considerable minor and some major league fame, was telling about some of his experiences with the Philadelphia Athletics years ago.
That was back when Connie Mack's club was having its troubles just as it had this year.
'In those days we were so hard up for players that anyone could come in off the street and get a tryout,' Sheehan explained.
'This particular day I was hitting fungoes to the outfield and Donie Bush was hitting to the infield.
'There was a young fellow in left field, but the first thing I knew he was in center field, then in right field and eventually at third base and short.
'Donie turned to me and said, 'I wonder where that guy plays.'
'I said, 'I don't know, but let's find out,' so I called to him and told him to come to us.'
' 'Son,' I asked, 'where do you play? What is your best position?'
'He hesitated and then said, 'Oh, I play most any place but I'm best as a backer-up for wild throws.'
' 'You got a job with this club,' Bush said. 'We need somebody like you.' ' "
-Sec Taylor in the Des Moines Register (Baseball Digest, November 1954)
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