THE WNNNG BALL by ZANE GREY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
A minor league manager unexpectedly tells his team they are headed for Canada to play an exhibition game and they run into tougher competition than expected., forcing them to employ "the rabbit"- a hot baseball which is nearly impossible to catch.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to one thousand one classic short stories and tales. |
| 0:33.7 | And today, a special story for you from Zane Gray |
| 0:37.0 | called the winning ball. |
| 0:39.5 | Taking us back to those days of yesteryear |
| 0:41.4 | when baseball in the minor leagues was well crazy and now |
| 0:45.2 | our story the winning ball by Zang Gray one day in July our Rochester Club leader in |
| 0:51.8 | the Eastern League have returned to the hotel after winning a double |
| 0:54.9 | header from the Syracuse Club. For somewhat cult reason there was to be a layoff next day, and then |
| 1:00.6 | on the following, double-headed. |
| 1:02.5 | These double-headed next to exhibition games. |
| 1:05.5 | Still a layoff for 24 hours. |
| 1:08.0 | At that stage of the race was a godsend |
| 1:11.0 | and we received the news with exclamations of pleasure. |
| 1:13.7 | After dinner we were all sitting and smoking comfortably in front of the hotel |
| 1:17.7 | when our manager, Merritt, came hurriedly out of the lobby. |
| 1:21.0 | It struck me that he appeared a little flustered. |
| 1:24.3 | Say you fellers, he said brusquely. Pack your suits and be ready for the bus at 730. |
| 1:31.0 | For a moment there was a blank ominous silence while we assimilated the meaning of his ter speech. |
| 1:36.0 | I got a good thing on for tomorrow, continued the manager. |
| 1:40.0 | 60% gate receipts if we win. That Guelph team is hot stuff though. |
| 1:45.8 | Guelph! exclaimed some of the players suspiciously. Where's Guelph? |
| 1:51.6 | It's in Canada. We'll take the Night Express and get there tomorrow in time for the game and we'll have to hustle. |
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