Kid Pitcher Outhits “The Kid”
Carl Scheib was pitching in the majors at an age when many teens are learning to drive. Ted Williams couldn’t keep up.
Carl Scheib was pitching in the majors at an age when many teens are learning to drive. Ted Williams couldn’t keep up.
In addition to the admiration of teammates and coworkers everywhere he went, Cookie literally had a fan club.
I mailed all my raw plastic cards to PSA. Today they came back as plastic cards encased in more plastic.
The famously one-handed pitcher threw a no-hitter in 1993. So of course, we’re going to talk about his batting skills instead.
Sometimes your professional basketball team folds and you just have to find work plying the outfield for the Cubs.
I introduced a newcomer to The Sandlot, went to a card show, and added 21 cards to the collection.
He didn’t play in 1952, but that didn’t stop kids who opened packs of cards that year from thinking he did.
Adjust his numbers for age and you suddenly get the most prolific base stealer ever.
A smiling member of the “one vote for the Hall of Fame” Club.