[Game 5 drew 92,706 fans, the largest crowd to witness a Series game, in the misshapen stadium.] What I remember about that is feeling scared looking at the [short] fence in leftfield, ... I think my mother and father were in the 156th row looking down. You're just hoping you don't embarrass yourself in front of all those people. |
[Just this summer, he and 10 former White Sox teammates were reunited on the occasion of an interleague series against the Dodgers, the teams' first meeting in Chicago since the '59 World Series. Shaw was invited to throw a ceremonial first pitch, which landed in the dirt at the catcher's feet.] Billy Pierce said, 'You've got to aim at his head, throw it high,' ... I said, 'Why didn't you tell me that before?' |
And I started it all. I threw the home-run ball. |
Don't think that doesn't come up when I talk to the Kiwanis or Rotary Club, ... I beat Koufax in the Series. How many people can say that? |
He was a great manager. |
He was a hard worker. He was one of those guys you could count on. Eight o'clock in the morning or 10 o'clock at night he would drop everything and be right there. |
It was a wonderful thing to see the guys again, |
They wanted me for short relief, ... I joined them in St. Louis and they promptly lost seven in a row. I never pitched because they were never ahead. |
They were two good quality guys, you can ask most anybody around here. Last week before the crash and they would have told you the same thing. |
We had enough of everything. |