Talk:Félix Millán

The Ed Ott Incident, August 12, 1977

I apologize for not having logged in, while publishing changes to the article. However, I happened to be watching this game live in 1977, and was affronted by what happened. This incident may as easily be termed an attack by Ott as it can said to be a fight. I therefore termed it "an altercation". Some runners do slide into second base hard, while second basemen like to fire off the baseball to first base, in a double-play scenario, close to the runner's head. But this is baseball, and it happens. Yet this incident happened rapidly, and importantly escalated so quickly, with Ott picking Millan up, spinning him around in the air, and then sending him down on his knee, that it was a surprising and even a bit shocking. Those were violent times, true. Yet with Mr. Millan being an immigrant, a gentle player and really in all probability a gentleman, and someone broadly speaking peaceful and rather humble, and seeing therefore that Ott escalated the situation in such a manner, I believe the incident should not be classified within the boundaries of "a fight" and deserves rather to be called an attack, though I suppose incident or altercation also works. (John G. Lewis (talk) 23:29, 7 April 2020 (UTC))

I tried to view a replay of this, but was not able to attain it on You Tube. However, the general Wiki accounting of the incident prior to my edits was inaccurate. The matter started as a scuffle, and then within seconds, Ott lifted Millan off the ground, actually rotated him in the air, and brought Millan down on his knee. A brutish display by Mr. Ott. He must have been a very strong man, besides also being one were his temper could get the better of him. I do not think his actions would have been so easily tolerated now, in the 21st century, as it was back in 1977. Interesting how times can change in regards to certain matters. One other point I would like to add, though: concerning Millan hitting Ott while holding the baseball: I did not observe this at the time, and cannot, 42.5 years after viewing the event live on WOR channel 9 (New York City), state that it did happen or that it did not. I therefore left it in the article. However, I would like to state that if such a punch by Millan did occur, a punch while holding the ball, it in all probability did not amount to much. ... Someone should ask for tapes of the incident from the New York Mets. (John G. Lewis (talk) 15:33, 8 April 2020 (UTC))

The Kitten

Article says his nickname was The Cat. I distinctly recall either Milo Hamilton or Ernie Johnson consistently referring to him as The Kitten (a reference to his agility). 47.5.173.217 (talk) 04:56, 20 August 2022 (UTC)