The Floater man I
think Steve Hamilton had fun a baseball player...At least twice he threw a slow
motion high arching ball high called the Folly Floater that got Cleveland’s
Tony Horton out on foul catch by Thurman Munson 7/24/70…captured by the miracle
of Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFvp7kMraAw
… The Yankee Stadium crowd roared with delight…Horton is left crawling into the
dugout…Maybe it’s the reason why Horton quit baseball next year (DK)…Also
should be happy given he is in Giant’s uniform(airbrushed with a Cubs cap)
having escaped early from the 1970 White Sox, a 106 game loser…Hamilton was the
mainstay Yankee relief pitcher in the mid to late sixties…in 140 pinstripe
appearances had a 34-20 record with 2.78 ERA, 36 saves…Like Ron Reed was also a
NBA player Steve was a Minneapolis Lakers 1958-60…Prematurely grey which only
added to a colorful career….Finished career with Cubs in 1972, 1-0 W-L, 4.76
ERA …Passed away in 1997 at age 63.
