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To: M-cubed
I remember Carlton Willey because he had a neat name, but I didn't know he got hit by a Gates Brown batted ball.

The case of a pitcher getting hit by a batted ball that I think is the most famous is Herb Score by Gil McDougald in 1957. It was a bad injury. Score was an outstanding young pitcher up til then, but was only mediocre afterwards.

I think Jerry Coleman was there as a Yankee player. I once wrote him a letter about something he said on a broadcast, and I mentioned the Score incident. He wrote me back, but didn't mention Score.

40 posted on 04/21/2014 7:52:28 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

Carlton was a local legend up here in Maine.... I got to know him very well after he retired...Perfect gentleman...ever so humble...He died a few yrs back...we all miss him...he had some wonderful tales of the “Big League”


52 posted on 04/21/2014 10:28:29 PM PDT by M-cubed
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