RHP, b. 1944. Slugger Reggie Jackson once said of this fellow Hall-of-Famer: "Blind people come to the park just to listen to him pitch." 2B Mgr, b. 1946. Great base stealer, and a rock solid member of the Dodger infield for much of his career. OF, b. 1960. Struck out 1,409 times in his 3,881 career at-bats. OF 1B, b. 1945. These men made it to the bigs under unusual circumstances. Grier took a seat that had been vacant for two years, while Smith became an unexpected starter for the 1967 pennant-winning Red Sox, after it appeared that he would remain in the minors. Both played in big games—Dred Scott (1857) and the Prize Cases (1863) for Grier, and two Fall Classics for Smith. Injuries hobbled them in the late stages of their playing days, and both patrolled the "middle ground": Grier in his generally centrist opinions, and Smith as a center fielder early in his career.