Sip At Risk From Richie Zisk

02/06/2012

Sip At Risk From Richie Zisk

Funky birthday greetings to Richie Zisk, the slugging outfielder with the Village People-worthy moustache who had some great years for the Pirates in the mid-70s. In 1977, he knocked 30 homers and 101 RBI for Bill Veeck's "South Side Hitmen" White Sox squad, inspiring such Comiskey Park banner slogans as "Pitch At Risk To Richie Zisk," and earning him a place on a can of RC Cola...

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Dan Epstein

About Me
Dan Epstein is the author of Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s and Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of '76, both published by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. He writes about baseball, music and other cultural obsessions for a variety of outlets and publications. He lives in Greensboro, NC, and is available for speaking engagements.

Big Hair and Plastic Grass

02/06/2012