Life In The Wagers
August, 1989
The world was closing in on Both Hands Benson of the Swamp River Gerbils. The rumors, the allegations, the unsubstantiated reports in the papers, they were all affecting his decisions as a manager and causing trouble at home. That's why he called the press conference."Nobody don't know nothin,'" he said in his opening statement. "If somebody knew something, they'd know something, then there wouldn't be no more talk about it."Over a period of months, it had been reported that...