Rollie Hemsley: How a Hard Drinking Catcher Made Alcoholics Anonymous an International Phenomenon
April 27, 2012 by Andrew Martin · 4 Comments
Particularly in the earlier days of the game, baseball had a well-earned reputation for hard drinking and living players. Because the players often socially mingled with the press, and because the writers depended on access to teams to sell their papers, the vast majority of the more salacious happenings failed to make it to the […]