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THEY SAID IT
July 12, 1965
?Gene Mauch, Phillies manager, defining a spitball: "It's a nasty little thing that Bob Shaw of the Giants throws very well."
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July 12, 1965

They Said It

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? Gene Mauch, Phillies manager, defining a spitball: "It's a nasty little thing that Bob Shaw of the Giants throws very well."

?Representative Charles Weltner of Georgia, deploring the refusal of Milwaukee to let the Braves move to Atlanta this year: "When the last hope is dead and the coffin is closed on major league baseball in that city, they will bear full blame for the bier that made Milwaukee famous."

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