Spitballers
The Last Legal Hurlers of the Wet One
On September 10, 1934, grizzled reliever Burleigh Grimes helped the Pittsburgh Pirates to an inconsequential 9-7 win over the New York Giants in the Polo Grounds. For Grimes, the September contest marked his 270th and final win. For baseball, it marked the last time a legal spitballer would win a major league contest. Though the pitch had been banned in 1920, the American and National leagues both agreed to grant two exemptions per team to spitballers who were already in the majors. In 1921, both leagues agreed to extend grandfather provisions to cover the veteran spitball pitchers for the remainder of their careers. Seventeen pitchers were g…
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Weitere Autoren: Faber, Richard B.
- ISBN: 978-0-7864-2347-7
- EAN: 9780786423477
- Produktnummer: 1358590
- Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 212 S.
- Masse: H25.3 cm x B17.5 cm x D1.3 cm 381 g
- Abbildungen: 17 photographs, tables
- Gewicht: 381
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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