Ejecting The Organist

Love running through Baseball-Reference's "On This Date In Baseball History". Here's an awesome nugget for today:

• 1985 - In Clearwater (Florida State League), after a disputed call at first base, Phillies organist Wilbur Snapp is ejected by the first base umpire for playing "Three Blind Mice" following a close call against Clearwater.

Ejecting the organist? Amazing! It reminds me of this story from the New York Times obituary of Eddie Layton, the longtime Yankees' organist (though the best quote may have been Layton saying, ''I thought that a sacrifice fly had something to do with killing an insect''):

Layton was not supposed to play during the baseball action, but he told National Public Radio how once ''I just got lost in the moment'' with the Yankees' Reggie Jackson at bat.

''I kept playing and playing and playing and playing,'' he remembered. ''And Reggie looked up at the booth, and the umpires looked up at the booth. Reggie threw down the bat and he started dancing at home plate.''

I would have loved to see that one. Great moments in Baseball Organist History.