Ambidextrous Tony Mullane, “Apollo of the Box,” Was Cincy’s Original “Wild Thing”

As Opening Day nears, many of us bust out our favorite baseball movies, often including 1989’s “Major Legue” with the unforgettable performance of Charlie Sheen as Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn, hurling hypersonic fastballs almost anywhere except the strike zone. Who remembers these days the Cincinnati Reds’ very own “Wild Thing”? Tony Mullane was a wild one, no doubt, but he left a far more complex legacy.Mullane wasn’t a Cincinnati native. In fact, he wasn’t even born in the United States. Anth...