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In 1959 Harvey Haddix pitched perhaps the best game ever — and lost
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| 5/24/09
| BOB DVORCHAK
Posted on 05/25/2018 12:15:08 PM PDT by a little elbow grease
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To: a little elbow grease
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posted on
05/25/2018 6:33:06 PM PDT
by
IncPen
("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz)
To: a little elbow grease
Today, they would have lifted Haddix after the sixth inning. Maybe seventh if the manager was old school.
To: DAC21
Ernie Banks wasn’t too bad either
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05/25/2018 9:22:24 PM PDT
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RonnG
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To: csn vinnie
lol .............. it’s getting that bad.
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posted on
05/26/2018 1:47:01 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: RonnG; DAC21; dangus
"Ernie used to say, especially in the long years of hot summers including this last one, when the Cubs were stuck in last place "It's a beautiful day for a ballgame. Let's play two today!""
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Ernie Banks was one of the few players I never could root against as a lifelong Pirate fan. Stan Musial was another.
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05/26/2018 2:03:13 AM PDT
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a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: a little elbow grease
When I was a kid in the 1970s I sent Mr. Haddix (an MLB coach at the time) his 1959 baseball card with a request that he autograph and return it. He graciously complied, as did so many active and retired players back then.
Someone mentioned Phil Rizzuto on this thread. He not only gave me an autograph, he wrote a little note telling me I was a “great kid.” Baseball was magical.
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05/26/2018 2:49:07 AM PDT
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Atticus
To: Atticus
When I was a kid in the 1970s I sent Mr. Haddix (an MLB coach at the time) his 1959 baseball card with a request that he autograph and return it. He graciously complied, as did so many active and retired players back then. Someone mentioned Phil Rizzuto on this thread. He not only gave me an autograph, he wrote a little note telling me I was a great kid. Baseball was magical.
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Yes it was ...... and at times these days it also is magical.
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05/26/2018 6:59:16 AM PDT
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a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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