You can probably connect other players this way.

And not just births with deaths but births with famous baseball events. I also remember something about Dave Winfield that may have been on one of his baseball cards, that he was born on the same day as Bobby Thomson's "shot heard 'round the world".

I was a Tiger fan, so while I respected Munson, he was a dreaded Yankee. I was still young enough that I hadn't experienced that much death and was literally shaking the rest of the day.

I had just finished my afternoon paper route. I was in my bedroom – resting on my bed. I was listening to Paco on WKTU on the stereo. They interrupted with the news flash. I jumped off my bed and ran downstairs to the living room. My dad was watching Channel 7 – and they broke in with the story too.

The next few days are a blur for me. I was a zombie. I never felt worse in my whole life – which was less than 17 years long at that time.