There is no consensus, 25 years later, on the content of the shirt Bill Hall wore in support of his son Billy Hall and Wichita State’s baseball team in 1991.
Billy Hall, an senior infielder that season for the Shockers, recalls, “From pinch-runner to All-American.” Coach Gene Stephenson is sure “pinch-runner” is actually “bench warmer,” but it could have been “walk-on” and it might have been a sign, not a shirt.
All of those versions accurately describe Billy Hall’s plight as an unlikely star for the Shockers. Hall barely played in 1990 after transferring from Butler Community College.