[Magdalen] Designated Hitter

[Jay Weigel]

Next to Maddux, I always enjoyed watching Phil Niekro pitch. That
knuckleball could go anywhere but where the hitter expected it to, with
sometimes comical results.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:41 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at icloud.com>
wrote:

> Watching Sandy Koufax was amazing.  He threw straight over the top which
> delayed the time the batter could see the ball on the way.  Koufax had only
> two pitches - a rising fastball and a sinking curve ball and he telegraphed
> them.  When about to pitch the curve, his right elbow stuck out away from
> his body.  It didn’t matter, he was that good.
>
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>
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
>
> > On Oct 27, 2014, at 9:00 AM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe someone LIKE Greg Maddux, but Maddux never threw a perfect game. He
> > was a marvelous pitcher though.
>
>