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Sports fans have a way of rallying around the assholes on their team. I'm still rankled by the "We love you Bertuzzi" rally that Vancouver's notorious skilled good got a few years ago. And look at how New Orleans is uniting behind the headhunting Saints.
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God damn it! I mean "goon" not "good." (And I actually typed "good" a second time and had to correct that before posting this. Egads.)
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Without diminishing the obvious injustice of segregation, I hardly think that Baseball was forced entirely by racial prejudice to exhaust the possibilities of two-armed racially permissible athletes, and thus to give a shot to Mr. Gray. Given that the game was played in 1945, how much of a factor was it that the one-armed man in question was ineligible to serve in the armed forces?
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Coinicidentally, Jim Abbott, the one handed pitcher who threw a no-hitter for the Yankees in 1993, was on ESPN this morning promoting his new autobiography.
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It's easy to get 3,000 hits when you only have to play against white people.
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In connection with Goldy's post on Jamie Moyer this morning, Cap Anson at 45 was the oldest player in the 1897 season.
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@4 The wartime shortage of players was one key reason why Gray made the bigs, and he was not a bad athlete--but there were plenty of African-American players available who were passed over for Gray.
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The wartime shortage of good ball players also allowed the Cubs to somehow make a World Series appearance.
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@8 Yeah. I know. If only we had the draft now! Between Iraq and Afghanistan, the Cubs would be on their sixth or seventh title by now. Damn all-volunteer military.
10
How come no two armed players ever just bat with one arm? You wouldn't get the same power and accuracy with one arm swinging but it seems like it could be easier to make contact with a quickly moving ball if you were taking a one armed forehand swing.
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@ 10, I think you answered your own question.

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