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Friday, November 23, 2012
Toledo News-Bee, November 23, 1912: In the east they are reciting a story on the feat of Tom Shevlin, who has been helping to coach the Yale [football team], in swallowing an unlighted cigar last Saturday at Princeton when [Harold] Pumpelly kicked the successful goal for the Elis in the last minute of play.
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Ed Grillo, when running the Mud Hens, did the same thing one day at Kansas City. Howard Camnitz was pitching for Toledo and had a five-run lead with two out in the ninth. The Kaws grabbed off four runs and had three men on bases when Cammy fanned Hugh Hill. On the last strike Grillo performed.
And that’s why Red Auerbach always waited until the game was in the bag before breaking out the cigar.
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1. Matt Chico's Bail Bonds (Dan Lee) Posted: November 23, 2012 at 07:21 AM (#4308234)C: Chief Zimmer
1B: George Stovall
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SS: Todd Cruz
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CF: Freddy Leach
RF: Socks Seybold
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Kila Ka'aihue has signed with the Dbacks.
Cubs sign Brian Bogusevic. Yes, to a minor league contract. Yes, he played in 146 games for the Astros this year.
Pirates sign Félix Pié,
Blue Jays sign both Izturises.
Braves add Cory Rasmus to 40-man. No, not Colby Rasmus. Not Cody Ransom. Cory Rasmus.
I had an email convo with a hitting instructor re an article I’m trying to write. This isn’t personal, so I feel alright quoting it:
With the availability of computerized slow motion technology… we can absolutely define the fundamental characteristics of the greatest hitters that ever played the game, and they are remarkably consistent and definable…. (S)tudying swing clips from that era, the “hall of famers” were remarkably consistent in technique. It makes sense that those that kept their hands inside the ball, creating a shorter more powerful swing that stayed on plane longer, were the most successful hitters.
This led me to an article that states:
the hitting technique of the great hitters is universal; they all fit into an identical envelope from launch-to-contact. In the late 1980s, slow-motion video analysis clearly showed that productive hitters’ hands all moved to the same spot at swing launch, no matter where they started in the stance.
Is this common knowledge amongst Primates? Most of what I’ve read about baseball in the BTF era has been about stats or history. I think the last time I read much on the subject was about 25 years ago when that study came out, but I’m not sure if it was general knowledge at the time.
He thought it wasn't personal.
He was wrong.
GGC is...
"HITTING INSTRUCTOR"!
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