![]() ![]() He said, ‘Rodney, you know what got me going that year with my defense? It ticked me off when you would come in and replace me in the outfield.’ He worked his tail off that year with our third-base coach, Eddie Yost, who hit him hundreds and hundreds of balls. “A number of years ago, he and I were waiting for a cab to take us to a card show in New York. ![]() ![]() “Here’s the thing about Swoboda - he wasn’t a very good defensive outfielder,” Gaspar, 72, said in the living room of his Mission Viejo home. If an assist could be awarded for one of the greatest catches in World Series history - Ron Swoboda’s sprint-and-sprawl into the right-center field gap for the New York Mets in 1969 - it would go to Rod Gaspar, a reserve outfielder on that team. ![]()
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