People have asked me many times about what happened that day, in that seventh-inning clutch, when Alexander was called in from the bullpen to relieve Haines. They wanted to know what I said and what Alex said, and whether he had a gin bottle out there in the bullpen.
Rogers Hornsby
The Rajah never bothered to deny that Grover Cleveland Alexander had sipped a few before he took over from Haines and struck out Yankee Tony Lazzeri to save the 1926 World Series for the Cardinals. It seemed a workable way of staying calm in the clutch. Now there is another way.
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