‘Crazy’ Cat Tyrrell makes major impression at baseball diamond
The Kilkenny defender said his temporary team-mates were taken aback by his reluctance to use a mitt and avoid breaking a finger.
“I brought a hurl and a ball. A few of them had actually heard of it. But they couldn’t believe the players were amateurs. I was pucking with them. They catch the ball with the glove and at one stage I was pucking with a guy only 20 yards away into his hand but the coach came over and told him to stop pucking because he feared he’d break a finger or something like that.
