Red, Phil Rizzuto famous shortstop for the NY Yankees was scared to death of lightning. Story goes he was buzzed in the field on the button on top of his cap. Since then he began putting his chewing gum over the button to avoid shock and it caught on. I guess thats here nor there, but if it began to lightning while he was in the booth calling a game, he would just get up and leave. Funny but true. Johnny

Rizzuto was also very phobic about lightning, and sometimes left the booth following violent thunderclaps. (Quote: Wikipedia)