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The 10 most powerful pitchers in baseball history | SI.com  Mar 8, 2013 ... Each of these men is on the short list of the hardest throwers in ... violent cross-body delivery and high-90s heat, Goose Gossage was the ... More impressive than his velocity was the fact that Gossage wasn't simply a one-inning closer. ... Stephen Strasburg was baseball's most famous and most hyped...
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Gossage, Goose | Baseball Hall of Fame  Bob Watson, both an opponent and teammate of Rich Goose Gossage, once ... which made him one of the top relief pitchers throughout the 1970s and '80s.
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Hall of Famer Goose Gossage, Saints to explain baseball's unwritten ...  Jun 30, 2016 ... Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage, St. Paul Saints will try to explain ... pages because no one actually knows or can agree on what these rules are. ... Gossage is known as a baseball purist and isn't shy about sharing his...
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Goose Gossage - BR Bullpen - Baseball-Reference.com  Hall of Fame closer Rich "Goose" Gossage, was the Mariano Rivera of his time - a ... at the age of 20, he went 7-1 with 2 saves, and an ERA of 4.28, pitching in relief. ... The Yankees were a famous team in the years Goose pitched for them, whose ... All of these opinions were expressed in colorful language sure to excite...
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Yankees' Goose Gossage rips baseball 'nerds,' young MLB stars ...  Mar 10, 2016 ... New York Yankees Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage wasn't afraid to tell the ... Gossage is, of course, referring to Bautista's famous bat flip from the last year's ... "I'll tell you what has happened, these guys played rotisserie baseball at Harvard or wherever the f--- they went ... Insiders 1; All Comments 6.
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Cooperstown Confidential: The legend of Mick the Quick  The ...  Oct 16, 2009 ... I wonder if anybody in baseball has ever referred to Mickey Rivers by his ... An exceedingly fast and athletic outfielder, Rivers emerged as one of the ... the clubhouse until it eventually reached the office of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. ... Me and George and Billy, Rivers said, we're two of a kind..
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Artillery Legends, including Saint Barbara and Molly Pitcher  Oct 27, 2012 ... Barbara had heard of the teachings of Christ, and while her father ... John joined the Continental Army when the American Revolution ... loading and firing the cannon by herself until she was wounded by ... "Molly Pitcher" by bringing pitcher after pitcher of cool spring water to the exhausted and thirsty men.
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Molly Pitcher - The Pennsylvania Center for the Book  Pitcher, Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) ... Her actions during the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, became legendary. ... the Battle of Monmouth, Mary Ludwig Hays earned the nickname Molly Pitcher, becoming one ... and forth from a nearby spring bringing water to the soldiers on that hot and smoky battlefield.
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Lou Gehrig - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 ... He had a career .340 batting average, .632 slugging average, and a .447 on ... He hit 493 home runs and had 1,995 runs batted in (RBI). ... by his iconic 1939 "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech at Yankee Stadium.
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Explaining the notorious and mysterious spitball  Aug 15, 2015 ... From legal pitches to illegal foreign substances and natural scuff ... The spitball  equally infamous and mysterious in the annals of baseball  allows pitchers who master it an ... Gaylord Perry is the most famous, even having written an ... With constant high-resolution surveillance of pitchers from multiple...
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The '72 Yankees: A Different Kind of Bronx Tale | Seamheads.com  Feb 28, 2015 ... ... at the time to hear Yankees fans paraphrasing Marvin Gaye's 1971 hit Mercy, Mercy Me: Murcer, Murcer, me/Things ain't what they used to be. ... the legend who preceded him in center field but St. Louis's Stan Musial, .... three straight Eastern Division titles and league championships from 1976-78 and...
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The Cubs Icon in Exile: Sammy Sosa - WSJ  4 days ago ... Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs during a game at Wrigley Field in 1995. ... Sammy Sosa, the iconic slugger who was the face of the franchise during the late ... fans and players, Sosa has become the estranged uncle no one wants to talk about. ... Team officials declined to answer questions about him.
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This Date In Baseball - MLB - ESPN - ESPN.com  Sep 6, 2012 ... Bonds broke Roger Maris' record of 61 for most homers in a season by a left-handed hitter. ... 1950 -- Joe DiMaggio became the first player to hit three home runs in one ... 1997 -- Mark McGwire joined Babe Ruth as the only players in ... 100 RBIs in his first eight seasons, two more than any player in history.
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Batter Chatter: September 2010  Sep 1, 2010 ... Someone found a reference to Comiskey being called "The Yard. ... greatest yard salesmen in MLB history -- Moyer and Hall of Famer Robin Roberts. ..... As a kid, Shucks had idolized Christy Mathewson, the master of the fadeaway. ... or the latest Farrelly brothers movie (a "screwball" comedy!) than a pitch.
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June 23, 1973: Garvey forms final piece of 'The Infield' - Dodger Insider  Jun 23, 2016 ... By Mark Langill The date June 23, 1973 is famous in Dodger history ... Buckner looked like a natural at first base in 1973, making only two ... With no DH, only place to put him was 1B, well Garvey prevented that. Thus his trade for Monday. That also allowed Baker to move to left (from CF), and be a lot more...
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Three Finger Brown Had Four Fingersand a Great Nickname  Baseball has a long history of players with colorful nicknames. ... the most famous baseball player of all time, George Herman Ruth, had no fewer than four well-known nicknames? ... Walter Big Train Johnson ... The old players (and old sportswriters) don't have anything on today's bunch. ... The Wizard of Oz---Ozzie Smith.
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Goose Goslin World Series Stats by Baseball Almanac  The Goose Goslin World Series stats seen below include his World Series ... "It was just a game, that's all it was. ... Birth Name: Leon Allen Goslin. Nickname: Goose ... 5 Years, 32, 129, 16, 37, 5, 0, 7, 0, 19, 12, 4, 14, 2, 0, 0, 0 .287 .348 .488 ... 1924 Senators, LF, 7, 7, 201, 16, 2.3, 16, 15, 1, 0, 0, n/a, n/a, n/a, 1.000, 2.15.
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Bob Lemon - Wikipedia  Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon (September 22, 1920  January 11, 2000) was an American right-handed pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Lemon was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a player in ... Lemon was called up to Cleveland's major league team as a utility player in 1941.
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Molly Pitcher - Folk Hero - Biography.com  Mar 4, 2016 ... Molly Pitcher was a patriot who carried pitchers of water to soldiers and helped with cannon duty during the American Revolution's Battle of Monmouth. ... Ludwig McCauley: Molly Pitcher: Mary Ludwig McCauly: Mary Ludwig Hays ... she carried pitchers of water to soldiers, thereby earning her nickname.
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Earl Weaver  CBS Baltimore  Let's make that 5 for 7 because in the first inning of his second game as an Oriole he .... Hall of Fame manager John McGraw was getting tossed out of games in ... Roenick-Steintheir nickname back in the daycombined to hit 171 homers and drive ... The two join Emil Bossard (Indians), George Toma (Royals), Joe Mooney...
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Eckersley, Dennis | Baseball Hall of Fame  Fellow Hall of Fame hurler Rich Goose Gossage once said of Dennis Eckersley's ... a unique path as the only big league pitcher with 100 saves and 100 complete games. He spent the first half of his 24-year career with the Indians, Red Sox and ... win totals 10 times, including a 20-win season, and tossing a 1977 no-hitter.