On this day 49 years ago...
Top of the eighth at Metropolitan Stadium, June 20. Twins are in the field with two out, but White Sox have two on. Three-two count on Ron Santo. Pitch delivered. While two umpires try to determine whether Santo's swing went around, Dick Allen runs to third and Ken Henderson to second. Catcher Randy Hundley, forgetting about the full count, throws to the hot corner, which Eric Soderholm had left because in the third baseman's mind Santo had struck out as opposed to having walked. Ray Corbin, the pitcher, goes to argue with the home-plate umpire, and injures Hundley. Allen crosses the plate, but the run doesn't count; Santo struck out. The Twins win the game 3-2 but lose their catcher.
SOURCE: Nash, George, and Alan Zullo. The Sports Hall of Shame. New York: Pocket Books, 1987.
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