‘Look, A New Day Has Begun’

Then there is the Ralph Kiner story about interviewing Coleman in 1962, and asking, "What’s your wife’s name, and what’s she like?" Coleman replied, "Her name is Mrs. Coleman — and she likes me, bub."

On Sunday, Coleman shook his head politely and said it never happened that way. Kiner, on the phone from Florida, softly said it did.