Esposito, the old White Sox, who backed up Aparicio and Fox from the bench, recalls this one that involves a kid, a rookie catcher with the Tigers who had been working in the bullpen, a benchwarmer, and in the late innings as the game was winding down, he comes in and sits in his favorite place on the bench in the back corner of the dugout.

Here are a few more bench warmer classics from the King of the Major League Pine Riders---Sam Esposito.

Later, at the end of his career playing with Kansas City, Sam Esposito and Hawk Harrelson were great friends and golfing buddies.

Then, there was the one Sam told about the secret light in Cominsky Park. A Sox bullpen/bench coach named Del Wilbur was a world class sign stealer.