The Briefing Room
General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: TomSea on September 14, 2017, 06:10:10 pm
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Pitchers: Highest Kick Off A Windup in MLB History
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBU9JHjnHdU
It appears there is little debate on the topic.
wikipedia bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Marichal
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Just picture that sixteen-inning marathon between Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn in July 1963---Spahn was
no slouch with a high-kick, either:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ObjrSJ1yGs/TiTMJAETzII/AAAAAAAACVE/nVtjiBYOlwk/s1600/juanmarichal_warrenspahn.jpg)
This book's title may be slightly hyperbolic (there was, after all, Harvey Haddix's May 1959
extra-inning lost perfect game; not to mention Sandy Koufax's 1965 perfect game, on the backside
of which Cub pitcher Bob Hendley damn near threw a no-hitter himself, with the entire game
showing one run and one hit---with the hit not even helping account for the run, the Dodgers
scoring at another point on a walk, a sacrifice, a steal, and a throwing error), but it's as good
as it gets for reviewing the Marichal-Spahn jewel:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71I6jOxfh4L.jpg)
Juan Marichal didn't just lead his league in high kicks, he had about ten to twelve different
windups to go with his assorted leg kicks. He was also the no-questions-asked best
righthanded pitcher of the 1960s (yes, he was just that much better than Bob
Gibson), he was as fun to watch for a fan as he was difficult to hit for a batter, and---
in an era when the Cy Young Award was given to one pitcher across the board---
might have won at least two of the awards that went to Sandy Koufax if Koufax hadn't
been in the league.
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(https://i.imgur.com/kt8mvAV.png)
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Who is the guy that played for the Rangers for a while and then went back to Cali?
Crazy pitch. Linkaman or something like that.
Disclaimer: I don't watch baseball regulariy.
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(https://i.imgur.com/kt8mvAV.png)
Lord have mercy! That's just not fair! **nononono*
You end up trying to bunt just to see her pick it up. :laugh:
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Who is the guy that played for the Rangers for a while and then went back to Cali?
Crazy pitch. Linkaman or something like that.
Disclaimer: I don't watch baseball regulariy.
Hamilton?
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@DCPatriot
I will admit I cheated and looked up the guy's 'name.
Linceonmon.. and that may not be spelled right. :shrug:
But he had a wild pitch to my very un trained ye.