On May 14, 1940, Buddy Hancken finally got his cup-of-coffee and he relayed the following story to Dr. Bill McCurdy, Board of Directors for the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame, "One day I got word down in the bullpen that Mr. Mack wanted to see me right away. We were beating up on Cleveland at Shibe Park and I guess Mr. Mack wanted to give the regular guy a little rest. He told me to put my equipment on and go catch the top of the 9th." Hancken got one putout on a strike out, but did not get an at-bat. "Getting a chance to play gave me the confidence to speak up to Mr. Mack about playing more. I said, 'Mr. Mack, please either play me more or get rid of me.' Mr. Mack didn’t say much, but I got my answer. The next day he sent me down to their farm club at Williamsport and I spent the rest of the season there."

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