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Turn Back The Clock: Former Catcher Wes Westrum Recalls Career With Giants.(Interview)
During his 11-years in majors, he was behind the plate for 1951 and 1954 pennant-winning clubs and worked under Hall of Fame managers Mel Ott, Leo Durocher and Casey Stengel
ON A LATE SEPTEMBER AFTERnoon in 1947, just one day before he would wear a big league uniform for the first time, Wes Westrum was behind the plate for the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association. During the game, Westrum broke a finger on his throwing hand, but continued to play after he "spit on it and rubbed it in the dirt," then boarded a train for Chicago to report to the New York Giants.
Westrum found his way to the Wrigley Field clubhouse and was introduced to Mel Ott, ...
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