Deprived of a chance to be Mr. October, Vince Coleman went to see Miss October.
“We go to the playoffs in LA, and I was a guest at the Playboy Mansion — I go over to Hugh Hefner’s house,” recalled former Cardinal Coleman, who was injured in the 1985 National League championship series. “He knew exactly who I was. And he said, ‘You’re the guy that the female tarp was looking for!’ ” — as if the tarp had been trying to get her hands on the cool man Coleman.
At this point, all they could do was laugh.