Another nice spring training shot.
Speak no evil?
Lamp grew up a Dodger fan, and
recounts his memories watching Drysdale pitch during his scoreless innings streak, including pitching the night Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in L.A. He also tells how Drysdale helped Lamp when Lamp was a young White Sox pitcher and Drysdale was an announcer for the team.
Drysdale was one of the many subjects of Lamp's mimicry. Lamp was considered the best in the majors at imitating both pitchers and hitters, doing his teammates and all the big stars of the game. Here's a video of Lamp doing an excellent Dave Winfield impression.
A. He did a great job of impersonating Winfield.
ReplyDeleteB. Interesting that the Blue Jays awarded Lamp their Pitcher of the Year Award over Stieb (who also had a great season).