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Joy in Mudville: Mr. Barger's Nine Mile Blast The famous 'Goat to Glory' favorite story of Russell County native/long time Adair County Resident - his home was at 203 Jamestown Street, KY, who was an MLB star - click readmore for this delightful story Next previous JIM article, JIM: A Hearty Welcome: Dr. Pepper Comes to Town, 1937 By JIM In February 1940, Milton Bacon, "Goodwill ambassador for [radio] station WCKY in Cincinnati," visited Columbia, and on the evening of Saturday, March 2, 1940, Mr. Bacon featured Columbia on his weekly program, "Cities Worthwhile and Folks Worth Knowing." The following week, the Adair County News published a transcript of the show, including this great "goat to glory" vignette of Russell County native and long time Columbia resident Eros Boliver "Cy" Barger, a retired professional baseball player. Said Mr. Bacon: ...I talked to Cy Barger, famous pitcher of the past who has the distinction, I guess you call it that, of receiving the onus of the fans losing a game and 15 minutes later of being carried out on their shoulders for winning it. It was the high light in Cy Barger's life. A game in Brooklyn with Pittsburgh. Cy is playing left field as a utility--two out in the eleventh, score 1 to 1. A ball is batted to Cy. Easy. It goes through a hole in his legs and the batter scores. Score 2 to 1--Pittsburgh. The fans almost mob him for the error. Then the last half of the 11th. Two out, two men on. Cy at bat. He, in his own language, "lifts one nine miles into the suburbs of Brooklyn." Curtains. Cy on the shoulders of his ardent fans. The fathomless depths of degradation, being almost mobbed for an error, and the gorgeous experience of overcoming it with a win. Long life to Cy Barger. (Mr. Barger played professional baseball for about 10 years, including a three-years stint, 1910-1912, in Brooklyn, during an era when the team was known as the Superbas and the Dodgers, among other unofficial nicknames. He died in 1964, a few months past his 79th birthday.) This story was posted on 2017-05-26 05:30:31
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