You couldn’t be blamed for not recognizing the name. But if you think back to the movie version of Eight Men Out and take a look at this picture of actor Richard Edson, you might recall Billy Maharg.
In the film, Abe Attell, Arnold Rothstein’s bag man and ex-championship boxer, says to the ballplayer, very observantly, “You, my friend, did not get that nose bobbing for apples.” A great line.
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