Jake May: A baseball hero from a small town
TODAY ARE TODAY IS THE START OF
BASEBALL SEASON.
>> AND THIS PERSON IS ABOUT TO
BE INDUCTED IN THE BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME, JAKE MAY.
>> BASEBALL IS SOMETIMES BIG TO
A SMALL TOWN LIKE WENDELL, MADE
BIGGER BECAUSE OF JAKE MAY.
>> WHAT I REMEMBER OF JAKE MAY
IS GOOD.
>> HE REMEMBERS JAKE MAY'S
BASEBALL CAREER.
>> HIS CAREER WAS NEVER
FORGOTTEN.
>> THE 1992 WORLD SERIES.
>> THE CUBS VERSUS THE YANKEES.
JAKE MAY AND BABE RUTH.
>> JAKE MAY STRIKES OUT BABE
RUTH NOT ONCE BUT TWICE.LING
JAKEEY MAY.
>> THE CAROLINIAN FROM WENDELL.
>> YOU ARE RELATED TO HIM.
>> YES.
>> ONE THING THAT GAVE HIM
SPIRIT WAS BASEBALL.
>> JAKE PLAYED BASEBALL GROWING
UP IN WENDELL AND THAT WAS THE
START.
I BEGAN TO GET NOTICED.
>> HE SIGNED IN 1917 WITH THE
CARDINALS.
>> A LEFTIE THAT ALSO PITCHED
FOR THE REDS.
>> IN 1924 HE LED THE MAJOR
LEAGUE IN SAVES.
HIGHLY REGARDED AS A STRIKEOUT
PITCHER AND HE ENDED UP WITH
THE CUBS.
>> AND THEY ENDED UP WITH THE
WORLD SERIES FACING THE STRIPES
IN NEW YORK.
>> THE YANKEES WERE SO
POWERFUL.
>> MADE BY THE BABE.
>> HE COULD NOT HIT THE CURVE
BALL.
>> THE WHAT?
>> YOU GO THE A CURVE BALL THAT
CURVES AND THIS JUG HANDLE
CURVE HAD AN EXAGGERATED CURVE
AND IT WAS JUST A TREMENDOUS
CURVE.
>> JAKE MAY HAD PERFECTED IT.
>> IT PERPLEXED AND FOOLED
BATTERS.
>> BABE RUTH WAS KNOWN FOR HOME
RUNS.
BABE RUTH.
THE LEGEND.
JAKE MAY THE 11thIE.
ADD IN THE JUG HANDLED CURVE.
>> HE HAD CHOICE WORDS TO SAY.
>> BUT THE CURVE HAD SET IT
OFF.
>> A FANTASTIC EVENT.
>> EVEN THOUGH THE YANKEES WENT
ON TO WIN, FOUR GAMES TO
NOTHING.
>> JAKE WENDELL RETURNED.
>> EVERYBODY KNEW HE INSTRUCT
OUT BABE RUTH BUT I NEVER HEARD
HIM SAY IT.
>> IT IS SPECIAL.
I AM GLAD I AM PART OF IT.
>> JAKE MAY DIED IN 1970 AT
HOME.
IN WENDELL.
>> ATHLETES NEED TO LOOK AT
PEOPLE LIKE JAKE MAY AS ROLE
MODELS.
GREAT ATHLETE AND GLORY DAYS
AND GREAT CITIZEN.
>>> JAKE MAY WILL BE INDUCTED
IN THE NORTH CAROLINA SPORTS
HALL OF FAME DURING A CEREMONY