A TRIBUTE TO FRANK J.
BARTHEN
Former
Cincinnati teenage pitching sensation and longtime Reds radio broadcaster Joe
Nuxhall got more than he bargained for from an ornery beast.
Barthen
recalled that Nuxie, the “Old Left-hander,” had been given a gentle burro, but
demanded a wilder animal so he could show off for the folks during a game in
his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio.
“He
never really stayed on the creature,” Barthen laughed.
Barthen
also lays claim to having scouted, signed and displayed the most famous burro
in all the land, Honey Pot.
In
the stable, Honey Pot was one pathetic-looking long-eared galoot.
“He
was sway-backed, pot-bellied, lop-eared and knock-kneed,” Barthen recalls.
Donkey ball players who picked Honey Pot for a gentle ride got anything but. Barthen said the creature was “300 pounds of pure dynamite.”
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