I was going to pitch the first, fourth and seventh games. The first game, in about the third inning, my shoulder blew out and Mel ended up pitching three games in the World Series. He pitched great, but we lost in seven games. On the way back to New York after losing the seventh game, Yogi said to me, How did you like pitching and coaching' I said, Fine.' He said, Would you do it again next year' I said, Yeah.' The next day, Yogi was fired.
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