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Moostache

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1. When I was a kid, playing in Babe Ruth little league...

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 09:20 AM

Feb 2020

We had an experiment in "fairness" one season...every team got 10 batters in every inning. And to ensure that players got "equal chances", a pitcher could only throw 3 innings of a 6 inning game.

A player on my team once struck out 30 players in a row. He ended up as a minor league catcher and never made The Show, but at 12 years old, he was bringing it at about 80 mph from a 45' mound. Kids were literally CRYING when they had to get in the batter's box...

But for Seaver to K 10 straight in the bigs? That is more impressive than Woods 20 K games in my eyes...

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When I was a kid, playing in Babe Ruth little league... Moostache Feb 2020 #1

And, even more impressive, Ohiogal Feb 2020 #2

as a life long White Sox fan, I got to witness firsthand both of Seaver's beachbumbob Feb 2020 #3

When I was in college I met Bake McBride in the hitting cage at my college during the kairos12 Feb 2020 #4

Very cool! I wish I had had the chance to see him pitch. Ohiogal Feb 2020 #5

I narrowly missed getting his autograph during his brief stint with the Red Sox in '86. jcmaine72 Feb 2020 #6