Articles Not Just an Obsessed Baseball Annie Posted on June 28, 2020April 11, 2024 By cesarlove Shooting of Phillies Player Inspired ‘The Natural’ The shooting of Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus in 1949 by an obsessed female fan is a haunting moment in baseball history. The .22 riffle fired by Ruth Ann Steinhagen continues to echo, not only in the novel The Natural written by Bernard… Read more