THE REDHEADED OUTFIELD
AND OTHER BASEBALL STORIES
by
ZANE GREY
CONTENTS
[THE REDHEADED OUTFIELD]
[ THE RUBE]
[ THE RUBE'S PENNANT]
[ THE RUBE'S HONEYMOON]
[ THE RUBE'S WATERLOO]
[ BREAKING INTO FAST COMPANY]
[ THE KNOCKER]
[ THE WINNING BALL]
[ FALSE COLORS]
[ THE MANAGER OF MADDEN'S HILL]
[ OLD WELL-WELL]
THE REDHEADED OUTFIELD AND OTHER BASEBALL STORIES
There was Delaney's red-haired trio—Red Gilbat, left fielder; Reddy Clammer, right fielder, and Reddie Ray, center fielder, composing the most remarkable outfield ever developed in minor league baseball. It was Delaney's pride, as it was also his trouble.
Red Gilbat was nutty—and his batting average was .371. Any student of baseball could weigh these two facts against each other and understand something of Delaney's trouble. It was not possible to camp on Red Gilbat's trail. The man was a jack-o'-lantern, a will-o'-the-wisp, a weird, long-legged, long-armed, red-haired illusive phantom. When the gong rang at the ball grounds there were ten chances to one that Red would not be present. He had been discovered with small boys peeping through knotholes at the vacant left field he was supposed to inhabit during play.
Of course what Red did off the ball grounds was not so important as what he did on. And there was absolutely no telling what under the sun he might do then except once out of every three times at bat he could be counted on to knock the cover off the ball.