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Originally Posted by Kutcher55
Warren Spahn was one of those guys who was so damn ugly that he was good looking. Hard to make a case that Johnny Sain belongs in the HOF although he was a highly regarded pitching coach after his career was over.
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Spahn acquired the nickname "Hooks", not so much because of his pitching, but due to the prominent shape of his nose. He had once been hit in the face by a thrown ball that he was not expecting, and his broken nose settled into a hook-like shape. In Spahn's final season, during his stint with the Mets, Yogi Berra came out of retirement briefly and caught 4 games, one of them with Spahn pitching. Yogi later told reporters, "I don't think we're the oldest battery, but we're certainly the ugliest.