In 1976, Bill Veeck's Chicago White Sox wore SHORTS in three regular-season games. And light-hitting Jack Brohamer remains, to this day, the only player in major-league history to hit a home run ...

Cleveland began a rally with George Hendrick's one-out double. Four batters later, the score was tied, with two outs, Rusty Torres on second base and Jack Brohamer, who was hitting .336, at the plate.

The Tribe won 5-3. Gaylord Perry started. Boog Powell and Jack Brohamer had big hits. I admit taking a certain pleasure in writing those names of the old Tribe players of my youth.

In Arlington, the Rangers and Indians fought each other after Lenny Randle slid hard into Jack Brohamer and, then, allegedly, relief pitcher Milt Wilcox tried to retaliate with a pitch to Randle ...

The Indians had veteran Jack Brohamer at second base, but when Brohamer was injured in 1975, Kuiper took over. “Frank liked the give and take in the locker room,” said Kuiper.

“Hope they give us a little notice, so I can buy some Nair,” cracked hurler Goose Gossage, while second baseman Jack Brohamer volunteered that, “I’m not going to wear short pants unless ...

“I was standing there, figuring out how to play Howell,” said Red Sox third baseman Jack Brohamer. “All of a sudden I knew someone had taken Catfish deep.” (It was Andre Thornton.) ...