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Harmon Killebrew On David Letterman!?

With the appearance of Joe Mauer last week on Jimmy Fallon, I was reminded of another episode of a famous Twin who appeared on late ni...

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Al Worthington: Book Excerpt, 2004 Autobiography

[COMPLETELY RE-EDITED Oct. 29, 2013, NEW BOOK EMBED, UPON REMOVAL OF BASEBALL DIGEST SITE PDFs FROM INTERNET - REINSERTED BOOK "I PLAYED AND I WON," GOOGLE BOOKS EMBED]

Al Worthington, in his Reds period
Use the Table of Contents to discover info from book on old Al "Red" Worthington. (BBRef.). This very good man was the Twins first consistent relief stopper, on a consistent basis. That statement distinguishes him from Bill Dailey, for instance, who had one great year (1963). Trust me, the story of how he almost died as a young boy from pneumonia is enough to make anyone with kids of their own cry.





As Herb Carneal would have said: "...and the count rides along." -TT

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