Larry Yellen

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Lawrence Alan Yellen

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Biographical Information[edit]

Speaking with Rob Trucks in 2002, Larry Yellen recalled of his first big league game:

"My major league debut[1] was against the Pirates in Houston. I pitched five innings and I remember Roberto Clemente. I don’t remember Willie Stargell. The one to remember, though, was Roberto Clemente. Bob Lillis [sic*] was playing shortstop and Clemente hit a rocket, a one-hopper, that almost took Lillis from shortstop and put him in the left-field stands. Lillis wound up throwing him out, but he hit a rocket off me." [1]

This near-fatal encounter between batted ball and gloved defender took place in the 3rd inning and the shortstop in question was actually Glenn Vaughan, though Lillis, the every-day shortstop, had the day off, he would enter the game as a defensive replacement in the 9th.

References[edit]

  1. Rob Trucks, Cup of Coffee: The Very Short Careers of Eighteen Major League Pitchers, Smallmouth Press, New York, 2002, p.115

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