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To: BipolarBob

Valenzuela vs Venezuela

Fernando Valenzuela was a great baseball pitcher.

One of the things I loved about Valenzuela was that he was a little more “chunky” than your average Major League Baseball player. Didn’t matter. They could not hit his fastball, so running all over was not necessary.


7 posted on 07/27/2025 2:01:02 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

You say, One of the things I loved about Valenzuela was that he was a little more “chunky” than your average Major League Baseball player. Didn’t matter. They could not hit his fastball, so running all over was not necessary.
They could not hit his screwball; his fastball was excellent but the screwball was his out pitch.


17 posted on 07/27/2025 4:12:23 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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