“Willie ran and ran and ran and got to where he thought the ball would fall,” Irvin said. “But the wind drifted around to his right. So instead of moving his glove across his body, he reached out and caught the damn thing barehanded. On the way in, Durocher says, ‘Let’s give Willie the silent treatment, have a little fun with him.’ Willie gets to the dugout, and nobody says anything to him. Willie finally says, ‘Hey, Leo, ain’t you going to say something?’ Leo says, ‘What do you want me to say?’ ‘Well, I thought I made a pretty good catch out there.’ So Durocher says, ‘I missed it. What you
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