Recently, I had a chance to meet up with Jack. He and his band, now called Hot Tuna, would be playing at Virginia Tech. As it happens, my nephew Jeff is married to the director of the theater there.

1967 — California’s Jack Hamilton hit Tony Conigliaro on his left cheekbone with a fastball in the fourth inning of a 3-2 loss to Boston. Conigliaro was carried unconscious from the field and missed ...