So the 25-year-old part-timer — who had played in all four losses — asked Yankees star Mickey Mantle what the skipper had said. Mantle, ever ready to stir the pot, told him Berra said, “play it louder.”So Linz continued to blow away. Berra slapped the harmonica out of Linz’s hand, Kubek said, and it went flying, hitting first baseman Joe Pepitone in the shin as tempers flared. “Mickey says, ‘Whitey, you’re going to be my first base coach and here’s the sign for the hit-and-run,’ and he toots the harmonica once. Linz, however, came out OK in the financial department — boosted by national reports of the blow-up, the Hohner harmonica company gave Linz a $10,000 endorsement deal.

Source: Daily Sun December 13, 2020 02:15 UTC