Yankees pitcher Art Schallock played for three World Series champions: “I thought it was a thrill just to be on the mound.'
SONOMA, Calif. — There were no radar guns in Art Schallock’s day, and even if there were, the soft-throwing lefty knows he would have barely registered a blip. At 5-foot-9, 155 pounds, the pitcher got by on guile. “I was sneaky,’’ Schallock said Monday. But now, at very long last, the crafty lefty is about to hit triple-digits. Schallock turns 100 this month, a milestone day for the oldest living former Major League Baseball player.
” As he racked his brain for the name, it hits that his lifespan opens a wide range of possibilities — Carl Hubbell? Johnny Antonelli? Vida Blue? Barry Zito? “Bumgarner,’’ he finally said, referring to the . There are countless wonderful ways to fathom Schallock’s longevity. Also born in 1924 were iodized table salt, ready-to-use Band-Aids, Kleenex tissues, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Washburn’s Gold Medal Whole Wheat Flakes .
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