HE MADE UMP BALK
"A few years the White Sox were playing the Yankees and, after several scoreless innings, the Yanks filled the bases with none out. And the Yankees had Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Johnny Mize to bat. Sherman Lollar, the Chicago catcher, began to stride to the mound to talk to Pitcher Sandy Consuegra, who understood no English. But already at the mound were shortstop Chico Carrasquel, the interpreter whenever anyone wished to have words with Consuegra, and Second Baseman Nellie Fox, who merely had stepped up to pat Sandy on the back. So the plate umpire- the late Bill McGowan- stopped Lollar and said: 'You can't go out there, Sherm. You know the rules prohibit more than two players talking to the pitcher.' Lolllar handed the game ball to McGowan and drawled: 'That's dandy. You just to out there and tell Consuegra how to pitch to Mantle and Berra.' McGowan let Lollar confer with Sandy."
-David Condon, Chicago Tribune, Baseball Digest, August 1957
"Sherm got hot early last season and didn't cool off. He ended the year with his best major league batting mark and captured defensive honors for American League backstops. Getting into his first All-Star Game in 1956, Sherm came through with a pinch-hit safety.
This year he celebrates his 15th year in baseball."
-1957 Topps No. 23
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