Posted on 01/06/2015 6:53:25 PM PST by EveningStar
Stu Miller, the former Giants pitcher who committed perhaps the most famous balk in All-Star Game history, has died. He was 87...
Miller played 16 years in the majors for the Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore and Atlanta. He led the National League in ERA in 1958, had the most saves in the NL in 1961 and the American League in 1963 and won a World Series title with Baltimore in 1966.
But he is most remembered for his All-Star Game performance at windy Candlestick Park in 1961. He was called for a balk in the ninth inning which helped the AL score the tying run. Miller got the win in extra innings but the headlines the next day proclaimed "Miller Blown off Mound." ...
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He was known for his change-ups, which could tie batters in knots. One batter, after making an out against him, said something like, “He even changes up on his change-ups!”
Hiller-Miller-Haller Hallelujah twist.
Dodger haters be warned.
I remember one game where he was throwing junk after junk, getting batters out
At one point the announcer exclaimed “Look at that” Like, can you believe anyone can throw that slowly yet still strike guys out
RIP
RIP.
Miller was a good one.
Ironic that he passes away on a day when four new players are elected to the Hall of Fame. (Three of them are pitchers.)
I remember him from his time with the Orioles in the mid-late sixties. Him and Moe Drabowsky and Hoyt Wilhelm.
Stu Miller had three pitches .... slow, slower and slowest
I remember that song. I heard it when it came out in 1962. I was a Dodger fan and sadly - for me - the Giants ended up having the last laugh at the end of that season.
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