Jersome "Dizzy" Dean

The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball again and this time the batter connected. He hit a high fly right to the center fielder. The center fielder was all set to catch the ball, but at the last minute his eyes were blound by the sun and he dropped it.

They X-Rayed my head and found nothing. [Describing how he felt after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series]