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Baseball

kairos12

(13,682 posts) Mon Apr 27, 2026, 05:37 PM Monday

I once ran into Bake McBride. NL Rookie of the Year in 1974 when he

was coming out of a batting cage at my school. This was 1976. I asked him who was the hardest pitcher to hit off of. He looked at me and said that's an easy question to answer. It was this guy and everybody else.

Tom Seaver.

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I once ran into Bake McBride. NL Rookie of the Year in 1974 when he (Original Post) kairos12 Monday OP

I tell people all the time Henry203 Monday #1

Henry203

(948 posts)

1. I tell people all the time

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Mon Apr 27, 2026, 05:41 PM

Monday

that Tom was a way better pitcher than Nolan Ryan.

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