" But the story of what happened to Lou, that first game and what he said, does happen to be true. Running down to second base, he got into the line of the last half of a double play. The ball hit him squarely on the forehead and knocked him senseless. They doused him with water and when he came to, he was asked whether he wanted to get out of the game. Lou looked up grimly and said … “Hell no! It’s taken me three years to get into this game. It’s going to take more than a crack on the head to get me out.” How prophetic, tragically prophetic, his words were. "

― Paul Gallico ,