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rico43 · 12-09-2015, 11:27 PM

Schenz was a major figure in Joshua Prager's incredibly detailed book about the sign-stealing efforts of the Giants, The Echoing Green. Bill Meyeer, his manager at Pittsburgh, said Schenz "could do everything but play regular." He notoriously filed his spikes razor sharp, but seldom a chance to employ them.
Joe Garagiola wrote Schenz, the Giants' foremost bench jockey, "was the best one I ever saw." But he was also a minor league star, named MVP of the Texas League in 1946. Called up to the big leagues by the Cubs, he often found himself in the Wrigley Field scoreboard using his own personal Wollensak telescope to steal signs. He had been a Giant for less than a month when he informed Leo Durocher of his previous experience. It was his telescope that Herman Franks was (allegedly) using when Bobby Thomson hit the Shot Heard 'Round the World.

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rico43 Banned Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Chattanooga and Internet Posts: 476 Infractions: 0/1 (4)	Schenz had a role in history Schenz was a major figure in Joshua Prager's incredibly detailed book about the sign-stealing efforts of the Giants, The Echoing Green. Bill Meyeer, his manager at Pittsburgh, said Schenz "could do everything but play regular." He notoriously filed his spikes razor sharp, but seldom a chance to employ them. Joe Garagiola wrote Schenz, the Giants' foremost bench jockey, "was the best one I ever saw." But he was also a minor league star, named MVP of the Texas League in 1946. Called up to the big leagues by the Cubs, he often found himself in the Wrigley Field scoreboard using his own personal Wollensak telescope to steal signs. He had been a Giant for less than a month when he informed Leo Durocher of his previous experience. It was his telescope that Herman Franks was (allegedly) using when Bobby Thomson hit the Shot Heard 'Round the World.