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I remember that in the second game I hit a homer against Mickey Lolich.Boston Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk has asked for a trade, his agent confirmed to TSN's Ryan Rishaug. I really would have liked never giving up a hit. I got the victory when we ended up beating Detroit, 6-5. He hit a short fly ball to left center that I think Joe Pepitone should have caught. The first batter I faced was Kaline, who grounded out but he later got the only hit against me in both my pitching appearances. I threw mainly fastballs but also a change-up and slider. In ’68, the Yankee bullpen was short for the double header and Ralph Houk (Yankee manager) brought me in when we were behind, 5-0. The only other time I pitched in the majors was 10 years earlier against the Tigers and I threw three scoreless innings. On pitching 2⅔ innings in scoreless relief for the Yankees against the Tigers and getting the win: “When I was signed by Cleveland, they originally saw me as a pitcher and I wish I could have played outfield and pitched. I wanted that second one as much or more than the first because no one has ever done it twice.” In my last at bat I hit a ball into the upper deck that was hit as well as the others but at the last second it just hooked about 15 feet in front of the foul pole. I hit three homers in the game and nearly had a fourth. I nearly did it again for the Tigers in Cleveland in 1962. On hitting four home runs in one game in 1959: “Without a doubt that was my biggest thrill in baseball. We also had a very good pitching staff with Jim Bunning, Frank Lary, Don Mossi, Paul Foytack and Hank Aguirre.” I was really coming into my own as a player at age 27 and I was fortunate to be batting after Kaline and with Cash behind me, who won the batting title. 1961 was a fantastic year and it was a great pennant race with the Yankees, who that year became one of the best teams in major league history. In the home opener in Detroit, I remember it was a very warm day and that I hit a two-run homer and we won. Even my neighbor at the home I rented in Detroit said to me: ‘I don’t care who you are, I was a Harvey Kuenn fan.’ That was the last time we ever spoke.
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I am sure it was the same for Harvey, who was a really good man. On playing for the Tigers in the home opener in Detroit: “The first year in Detroit was rough for me because I had left a place and a team that I loved and the fans in Cleveland loved me. In that second game, I went 1-for-3, hit a three-run homer, and scored twice and we won again.” But the next day, I walked into the dugout from the locker room and Norm Cash says to me, ‘Hey Rocky, how about playing for us today!’ I laughed so hard that it loosened me up. At least we won the game after Kaline hit a two run single in the top of the 15th. I rarely struck out three times in a game. It was very cold that day but it was unbelievable to see so many banners brought by Indian fans into the ballpark that said things like ‘Welcome home Rock,’ and ‘We will miss you Rocky.' It really affected me and I had the worst game ever in my minor and major league career because I went 0-for-6 and struck out four times, which I never did before or after. On the first game playing for the Tigers: “Harvey and I literally wore each other’s jersey I had his No. To this day I don’t understand it nor do the Cleveland fans who still send me letters about it. I had to fly that night with my now ex-teammates to Cleveland for the opener with my new team which was a little awkward. I was taken out of the game, and I told my teammates who were shocked and disappointed like me. You’ve been traded to Detroit for Harvey Kuenn.’ He said ‘good luck’ and I said ‘same to you’ and that’s all I ever said to him. On how he heard about the trade for Harvey Kuenn: “We were playing in Memphis for our last exhibition game and I was standing on first base when Joe Gordon (manager) walked out of the dugout and told me, ‘Rocky, that is the last time you’ll bat for Cleveland.