The pause the coronavirus pandemic is bringing to our lives has made us retrospective, especially in athletics, with so many of our favorite sports channels turning back the clock to revisit historic games, athletes and characters. We’re doing it here, too, in our “Forgotten Figures” series. It’s a look back at players, events and even eras that are slipping further and further from the game’s memory ...
Martin “The Fat Man” Stanovich didn’t look like he could play a lick.
He was squatty, with a barrel chest, a bulging belly and dray-horse thighs.
He looked so unathletic, and so did his unorthodox swing.