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Shoe Polish Play still in question

Shoe Polish Play still in question

Dave McNally hit Cleon Jones in the foot, or did he? Jones insisted he was hit. Frank Robinson said no. Gil Hodges offered the ball as evidence, but it was Koosman's controversial comment that lingers

Jan 27, 2025
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Frank Robinson was always prickly, so when Clayton Collier (then with Metsmerized Online) asked the Hall of Famer about the infamous “she polish play,” he got an earful.

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