The Toronto Sun · Mar 17, 2016
Tall tails from baseball legend Stump Merrill
Special instructor Stump Merrill (right) and the late Yogi Berra were fixtures at Yankees spring training for years. Merrill, now 72, held court on Wednesday, recounting some of his fond memories. (Reuters)TAMPA, Fla. — As the Blue Jays near the half-way point of their exhibition schedule you have two choices.
These are either the dog days or the story time telling days of spring.
Stump Merrill, 72, the former New York Yankees manager, was telling the one about managing the Nashville Sounds in the 1980 double-A Southern League playoffs.
The opponents were the Memphis Chicks, a Montreal Expos farm club, managed by legendary pitching coach Larry Bearnarth.