One of my heroes

Just made the Reds Hall of Fame

SABO ALWAYS WORE a flat-top haircut right out of the 60’s and all he needed was to roll a pack of cigarettes in his t-shirt sleeve to complete the image – but, as we know, he doesn’t smoke.

There was a time in an Atlanta mall when Sabo decided he needed a haircut and he asked the barber if he knew how to cut a flat-top. The barber assured him he did. But halfway through the haircut Sabo looked in the mirror and was not satisfied with what was transpiring. He leaped from the chair, tossed aside the drop cloth and stormed out of the shop, walking through the mall with half a haircut.

Sabo had an old car he loved. Wouldn’t buy a new one and said, “Why should I? I have a good car.” It was a Ford Fiesta sub-compact with 300,000 miles on it. One time his closest friend, Paul O’Neill, rode in that car and to listen to the radio he had to hold the broken-off antennae out the window and high in the air to get reception.