September 14, 1948

Johnny Franklin Sain, with teammate and future Hall of Fame member Warren Spahn, became enshrined in a popular rhyme originally published in the Boston Post: “First we’ll use Spahn / then we’ll use Sain / Then an off day / followed by rain / Back will come Spahn / followed by Sain / And followed / we hope / by two days of rain.” This later became shortened to, “Spahn and Sain and pray for rain.” Sain was an Arkansas-born star major league pitcher and is widely considered to have been the best pitching coach in major league baseball history. As a pitcher, he won 139 games, the third-highest total for an Arkansas native; only Dizzy Dean, with 150 victories, and Lon Warneke, with 192, won more.