In 1959 Harvey Haddix pitched perhaps the best game ever — and lost

www.post-gazette.com ^ | 5/24/09 | BOB DVORCHAK

[IncPen]

Great story, thanks!

[csn vinnie]

Today, they would have lifted Haddix after the sixth inning. Maybe seventh if the manager was old school.

[RonnG]

Ernie Banks wasn’t too bad either

[a little elbow grease]

lol .............. it’s getting that bad.

[a little elbow grease]

"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.

[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.

[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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Yes it was ...... and at times these days it also is magical.