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kairos12

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4. When I was in college I met Bake McBride in the hitting cage at my college during the

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Mon Feb 3, 2020, 05:02 PM

Feb 2020

off-season. He was Rookie of the Year in 1974. I asked him who was the hardest pitcher to hit off of. He just laughed and said it was Seaver. Everybody else was way behind him.

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Tom Seaver [View all] Ohiogal Feb 2020 OP

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