“What’s going on?’’ he asked manager Zach Taylor, as Delsing recounted to Murray Chass of the New York Times in a 2001 story to mark the 50th anniversary of the stunt.”

Jim Delsing · said 1951-08-19 · reported 2026-08-19

Delsing recalled asking manager Zach Taylor why he was benched again, as told to the New York Times in 2001.