In a recent Playbill biography, the actor Roy Dotrice said his "greatest accomplishment" was "bringing baseball to the Royal Shakespeare Company." In 1959 he headed a squad that included Paul Robeson at first base, Sam Wanamaker at second, Laurence Olivier at third and Peter O'Toole at short. Albert Finney was catcher, Charles Laughton was the ump, and Mr. Dotrice pitched. "I threw a mean curve, " he said. - New York Times, March 10,2000.
Let us keep this in perspective, but let us not
take anything away from it - the moment,
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