Scott Henson

"My dad started me out as a catcher, but I also had a good arm so I pitched. As it turned out I pitched most of my career. I was the number one pitcher in the county and a catcher. I was 84-3 lifetime pitching, so that worked out well. When I pitched, we had a kid, Ronny Paul, catch. Paul would play third, but he didn’t like to play third, so he caught and I would play third. Then I went to American Legion and it was in another town, and I wasn’t on the list of catchers, so I was a first baseman and a pitcher. I didn’t catch really until after…... Well I caught some in high school at Binger and at Anadarko. I only caught 17 games before I was drafted and signed with the Reds. When the scouts would come around, and I was pitching, they'd make me take infield practice so the scouts could watch me throw. I knew the Cubs scout named Billy Capps was in love with me; And it was just by accident that I was drafted by the Reds. The Reds didn’t know who I was. They had a meeting and somebody asked them: "What do you think about Bench?" They said: "We’re not that high on him." Then they walked out of the room and said: "Who are they talking about?" They sent two scouts in and saw me play two games and then they drafted me in the second round. I went to Tampa, got off the plane, went to the ballpark, dressed in my uniform, warmed up the pitcher in the bullpen in the seventh, warmed up the pitcher at home plate in the eighth, and then I caught the ninth inning of that ballgame. They released the other catcher that night." Johnny Bench. Johnny Bench enlisted in 1966 in the Army Reserve for six years, receiving basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and combat support training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Bench became a field wireman with the "478th Engineer Battalion", and was based at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, which is across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. Raised money for the nonprofit, "Hope For the Warriors", which provides programs on transition, health and wellness for service members and veterans. Served as National Spokesperson for the "National Guard Youth Challenge Program." Served as National Chairman of the American Cancer "Society's Athletes vs.Cancer" campaign. Hosted the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital's "Catch the Cure" program. Raised money for the nonprofit, "USA Cares", which supports veterans. Started the "Johnny Bench Scholarship." Legend!!

Moe Berg travelled to Switzerland to attend a lecture by the eminent German physicist Werner Heisenberg. Berg`s mission was to determine how close the Nazis were to an operational atomic bomb, and if they were close, Moe Berg was to shoot Heisenberg and then kill himself. But after listening to the lecture, Berg decided they were not all that close, and his mission was aborted. Instead of killing him, Berg walked Heisenberg back to his hotel, picking his brain about physics along the way. "Moe Berg’s crucial contribution to the war cause, was that he could offer Oppenheimer, General Leslie Groves and other Manhattan Project leaders: "Reassurance in some ways that there wasn’t something they were missing" regarding a potential German bomb." Sam Kean. For his work with the OSS during World War II, Moe Berg was awarded the "Medal of Freedom." Moe Berg turned it down!! "Maybe I’m not in the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame like so many of my baseball buddies, but I’m happy I had the chance to play pro ball and am especially proud of my contributions to my country. Perhaps I could not hit like Babe Ruth, but I spoke more languages than he did." Morris "Moe" Berg. Catcher, served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during WWII. "The brainiest guy in baseball and the strangest man ever to play baseball. He can speak seven languages, but he can’t hit in any of them." Casey Stengel. "I know Moe that you are in counterintelligence, which I assume means you are against intelligence." Red Smith interviews Moe Berg. In 1934, the, "Connie Mack All-Star" tour of Japan was a pivotal, 18-game exhibition series in November-December 1934 featuring legends like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx. Moe Berg wasn’t there for his ability to play, but to spy. While playing tourist in Japan, Berg takes hidden photos of important military and industrial sites for the U.S. Government, photos which will come in handy during WWII. "If he wasn’t real, you’d have to invent him!!!" ALWAYS, ALWAYS in my HOF!!!!!!