This will be a relatively short one due to some commitments and poor planning on my part. The article was prompted by William in a post on October 15.
William wrote: “Does anyone remember Ron Fairly? Good hitter, not great, but purely based on listening to all the games, no analytics then, I knew that virtually every time he came up in a big spot, he hit the ball hard. I haven’t seen many homegrown Dodgers do that in the last decade or more.”
It just so happens I do remember Ron Fairly very well and he provided one of a few close-ups I have had with MLB players.