to include depressions resembling dimples on a golf ball on each of Mantles switch-hitting contact surfaces. That bat sold for $17,400 at auction in 2006, with a letter from Hurley detailing the circumstances of its confiscation. Hurley officiated during a game with one of the largest crowds in baseball history. On October 4, 1959, Hurley was the umpire behind the plate when 92,394 fans saw the Dodgers beat the White Sox, 5–4, in the third game of that World Series. In 1963, a ball rolled out onto the field during a pitcher warm-up in a contentious White Sox game against the Baltimore Orioles. Hurley, who was umpiring next to third baseman Brooks Robinson, called a time-out. Unfortunately, neither the pitcher nor the batter heard the call. Ted Kluszewski swung on the pitch and hit a home run. Hurley nullified the home run. He commented in an April 1963 Sporting News report, "I told reporters after the game I felt like crawling into a hole and some of them misinterpreted that remark. They thought I was saying I was wrong to call it. What I meant was I felt badly about Klusziewski hitting the ball into the stands because it wasn't going to count once I had called time." Hurley set the tone for his reputation as a stickler for the rules during his first American League game. Hurley called a runner out for running around the bases in reverse order. He stood up to veteran umpires Bill Summers (umpire) and Charlie Berry after making the obvious but unpopular call. Hurley's decision was later upheld by American League arbiters on appeal. Hurley also appeared as an anonymous guest in a 1953 episode of What's My Line, just hours after officiating as an umpire in the fifth game of the 1953 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen, a regular guest on the show, correctly guessed Hurley's line of work shortly after shaking hands at the beginning of the segment. Kilgallen, author of "The Voice of Broadway" column that was under syndication with more than 146 newspapers, appeared with Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf and host John Daly. That was only the fifth time in the history of the show when anyone guessed the occupation of a What's My Line guest during the free guess period. Hurley shared details of an incident during the