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 Ross Newhan filed an interesting game story involving current Dodger broadcaster Rick Monday.
The Oakland A's beat the Angels, 9-4, with Monday's grand slam off
George Brunet the key blow. Newhan told how Monday was offered
lucrative signing bonuses from several teams coming out of Santa Monica
High in 1963 and "the Dodgers said they would match anything else I was
offered," Monday said.
His mother wanted him to go to college, however, so he attended
Arizona State and eventually became the first player picked in the
first free-agent draft with a $104,000 bonus from the A's.
Monday credited one of his Oakland coaches, Joe DiMaggio, for his quick transition to the majors. Yes, the
Joe DiMaggio. "Every day I talk to DiMaggio about a different aspect of
the game," Monday said. "He has stressed the importance of mental
attitude … the importance of going to the plate with an idea of what
to expect."
–Keith Thursby
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