William Loes (born 12-13-1929), a native New Yorker, known to his friends as "Billy", was a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and several other teams during the 1950s and into the early 1960s. For the 1930s NFL team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...

He was known for his sense of humor as much as his pitching prowess. One time, Loes booted a ground ball in a key situation. After the game, a reporter asked him the all-too-obvious question of what had happened. Instead of going off on the reporter, Loes calmly responded, "I lost it in the sun!" An error has different meanings in different domains. ...

The following story is posted at the Baseball Almanac site [1] (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor1.shtml)

Before the 1952 World Series, Brooklyn Dodgers' manager Charlie Dressen cornered pitcher Billy Loes.

"I see in the paper where you picked the Yankees to beat us in seven games. What's wrong with you," Dressen said.

"I was misquoted," Loes protested. "I picked them in six games."

External links

• Career stats (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=loesbi01)
• More career stats (http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/loesbi01.shtml)
• References his WPA quote (http://www.answers.com/topic/works-progress-administration)