RIP to the most-famous mouth harpist in sports history

[Fireball Jr.]

Phil Linz, Unlikely Baseball Celebrity, Is Dead at 81 (Published 2020)

Never a star and rarely a starter as a Yankee in the 1960s, Linz made news not for playing baseball but for playing the harmonica.

www.nytimes.com

 

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"Play it louder." One of the best set-up lines ever.

 

[Cowtown]

Phil Linz, Unlikely Baseball Celebrity, Is Dead at 81 (Published 2020)

Never a star and rarely a starter as a Yankee in the 1960s, Linz made news not for playing baseball but for playing the harmonica.

www.nytimes.com

"Two weeks later, Hohner, the company that had manufactured the offending harmonica, offered Linz $10,000 to endorse its brand. Linz gladly accepted."

Good article, thanks for posting. I remember the harmonica incident, I was 13 when it happened.