A baseball scout saw me throwing rocks at squirrels one day down in the back woods
of Alabama. As I was knocking them out with every throw he came up to me and said:
“could I talk to your Dad?”
So I told me Dad that this man wants to talk to you. The scout says to my Dad: “I saw
your son knocking squirrels out of trees one right after another and I think that I can
turn him into a great southpaw pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.” My Dad says: “But he’s
not a southpaw, he’s right handed.” So, the scout said: “But he was throwing left
handed at the squirrels.” My Dad then explained to him:
“I KNOW. YOU SEE THAT’S ALL THE MEAT THAT WE EAT
AND IF I LET HIM THROW RIGHT HANDED HE MANGLES
THEM UP SO BAD THAT WE CAN’T EAT THEM!!!”
WBWF NOTE: For more stories from Virgil and other former Tigers: JOHN HILLER, J.W.
PORTER, JIM NORTHRUP, RED WILSON, the late MARK FIDRYCH, ERNIE HARWELL and
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