Dan Lovallo

Major League baseball players are blaming the lack of video for their hitting woes. J.D. Martinez is among those complaining that players' access to in-game video has been limited because of Covid-19 and recent cheating scandals. How did the players of yesteryear manage without videos? When Pat Crawford died  at a nursing home in Morehead City, N.C. 26 years ago, he wasthe last surviving member of baseball's famous Gashouse Gang, the 1934 St. LouisCardinals team which one the World Series over the Detroit Tigers in seven games.  Hedied three days shy of his 92nd birthday on Jan. 25, 1994. Eleven years before his death, Crawford was living in Kinston, NC, where I wasbroadcasting the Carolina League games of the Toronto Blue Jays affiliate.  Through theclub's owner, Ray Kuhlman, I met up with Crawford in his home.  He graciously gave me ainterview, reminiscing about his baseball playing days, including the Cardinals, for whom heplayed in 1933 and 1934.  Crawford got into two games in that infamous 1934 W