In a recent interview with Syracuse.com, Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry took time to address a ... majors for parts of 22 seasons and threw many a spitball along the way. The spitter, you'll recall ...
"In the heat of battle, Gaylord Perry would sometimes forget where he put the Vaseline." - @CodifyBaseball Known for his infamous spitball, Gaylord Perry developed a reputation for manipulating ...
although Gaylord Perry doggedly persisted in using the pitch, thanks to various modes of subterfuge, well into the 1980s. The spitball effect could be achieved without spit, as you're probably aware.
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry, who won two Cy Young Awards and was famous for his spitball, died Thursday in Gaffney, S.C., Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said. He was 84.
All we have are words. For example, we thought Gaylord Perry was throwing a spitball for years. But before he was caught in 1982, his 21st season, how could he be punished just because someone ...
According to Gaylord Perry, pi is the ratio between circumference, diameter and how much spit you can put on the circumference and diamater. The number itself is irrational, sort of like naming ...
To me, it's all cheating. But let's not hold Sammy Sosa to a different standard than we hold Gaylord Perry and Whitey Ford. With that out of the way, should this change our opinion of Sammy Sosa ...
Ogden Nash chimed in with his take: “Since April is the foolest month I shall make the most of it/Sit at the Captain’s table on the Ship of Fools and be the toast of it.” Here’s an idea to ...
1971 — Hank Aaron connected off Gaylord Perry for his 600th career home run in the Atlanta Braves’ 10-inning, 6-5 loss to the San Francisco Giants. 1982 — Philadelphia’s Pete Rose went 5-for-5 to tie ...
Gaylord Perry pitched 22 years in the Major Leagues, faced 21,953 batters in his Hall of Fame career, pitched more than 300 innings six times and pitched more than 200 innings 11 other times.
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