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Tonker

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Pitching in a Pinch
« on: May 17, 2016, 05:50:37 AM »
Christy Mathewson's book on pitching is available here as the free book of the day.  It's probably out of copyright anyway but I can't be arsed to check.
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Re: Pitching in a Pinch
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2016, 08:59:01 AM »
Quote from: Tonker on May 17, 2016, 05:50:37 AM
Christy Mathewson's book on pitching is available here as the free book of the day.  It's probably out of copyright anyway but I can't be arsed to check.

I hadn't thought about him in a while. Dying of tuberculosis at 45 is a raw deal.
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Re: Pitching in a Pinch
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2016, 12:07:36 PM »
Quote from: Slaky on May 17, 2016, 08:59:01 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 17, 2016, 05:50:37 AM
Christy Mathewson's book on pitching is available here as the free book of the day.  It's probably out of copyright anyway but I can't be arsed to check.

I hadn't thought about him in a while. Dying of tuberculosis at 45 is a raw deal.

Both Mathewson and Grover Cleveland Alexander were gassed in the Argonne forest in WWI.  So they not only shared the same # of career wins but essentially had their lives ruined by going off to fight.
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Re: Pitching in a Pinch
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2016, 08:27:03 AM »
At some point in the early 90s, SABR went and voted for Cy Young awards for years prior to 1955 (when the award was created), and I think Mathewson got 8.
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Re: Pitching in a Pinch
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2016, 10:04:13 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on May 17, 2016, 12:07:36 PM
Quote from: Slaky on May 17, 2016, 08:59:01 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 17, 2016, 05:50:37 AM
Christy Mathewson's book on pitching is available here as the free book of the day.  It's probably out of copyright anyway but I can't be arsed to check.

I hadn't thought about him in a while. Dying of tuberculosis at 45 is a raw deal.

Both Mathewson and Grover Cleveland Alexander were gassed in the Argonne forest in WWI.  So they not only shared the same # of career wins but essentially had their lives ruined by going off to fight.

God, fuck World War I so hard.
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