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To: chopperman
Spahn might have pitched to Williams in an All Star Game.

I'd say since they were both frequent All Stars and their careers overlapped for many years, there is a very good chance that it happened. But I'm sure that they met up in a number of exhibition games. Remember that both played in the same city - Boston - for a number of years until Spahn and the Braves moved to Milwaukee.

47 posted on 01/19/2013 9:44:36 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

Williams was in Korea, serving as John Glenn’s wingman during the 1952 All-Star Game, but returned from war in time to throw out the first ball at the midsummer festival in ’53. Three years later, he hit his fourth and final All-Star homer, a shot off Warren Spahn in a 7-3 AL loss at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Williams was one of four players who homered in the game, a lofty group that included Willie Mays, Stan Musial, and Mantle.


48 posted on 01/19/2013 10:08:09 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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