"When he called me back, I wanted to die. I was ready to crawl all the way home. At first I thought he wanted to tell me to pop it to right or how many pitches to take, but when I saw Dale...I never felt so bad in my life."
— 1960 World Series

January 1, 1970

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Clete Boyer, elaborating on his early Game 1 departure; as quoted in “Ditmar Does His Job, But the 'Holes' Undo It” by Steve Jacobson, in New York Newsday (Thursday, October 6, 1960), p. 19C