Thank you, Alex
Fishbach, for the ammunition.

It was a scene I’ll never forget. The Morrison senior stood in front of the press tower at Bud Cole Field. Someone had forgotten to provide a wireless microphone on the field for him to sing the national anthem.

So immediately before opening kickoff between his Mustangs and the Amboy Clippers, the Morrison starter scaled the tower’s two rickety flights of steps – spikes and all – and flat-out crushed “The Star-Spangled Banner.”