Word: arounders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the visiting team would take the field, Patkin would stand two feet behind the first baseman and imitate his warm-up. When the player realized he was being parodied, he'd turn around, only to find Patkin standing around as if nothing had happened...
Patkin would take an at-bat against the pitcher while he warmed up, hitting a pre-arranged lob and then running to third base where he was thrown out. He would argue the call, doing his best Earl Weaver imitation by throwing his hat around and kicking dirt onto...
When players like Bernard Gilkey, Ray Lankford and Todd Zeile didn't have the Class-A team winning, Patkin was there to keep the crowd hanging around anyway...
During a game against the Army Air Forces, Joe DiMaggio sent a Patkin pitch into the night. As DiMaggio trotted around the bases, Patkin, on the spur of the moment, decided to follow him and mimic...
There just aren't many like him anymore. Sure, the San Diego Chicken barnstorms around the country, but the man performing hides behind a costume. There was no barrier between Patkin and his audience...