Episode 410 - Cronin Keeps Coming Through In a Pinch

Few men can boast the breadth of career that Joe Cronin can (or could; he's dead now). He went from being a Hall of Fame caliber shortstop to a manager to a GM to a league president in an almost 50 year career in Major League Baseball somehow without making any enemies. Rarer still, as Mike and Bill found out, he left each job on his own terms perhaps becoming the only person in baseball history who has never had to be told when it was his time to go. This week, on the 83rd anniversary of Cronin calling on himself to pinch hit in both ends of a double header, and homering both times, Mike and BIll look back at what turns out to be a really good career for someone who everybody seemed to think was a really good guy. Plus, happy birthday to Charlie Buffinton and Ron LeFlore! And farewell to Randy Cardinal and Bob Skinner.