Pete Reiser has not been a Dodger for 70 years yet he remains part of Dodger lore and thoughts of what might have been. His name is often brought up when Bryce Harper and especially Yasiel Piug are running into walls going all out to track down a long fly ball.
Harold Patrick Reiser was born on March 17 in 1919 in St. Louis, Missouri, only months before the end of World War I in November. Born on St. Patrick’s Day, he gained his middle name. As a youngster, he loved westerns and was often seen packing his pair of toy six-shooters in their holsters.