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Old 10-27-2024, 04:39 PM
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Default Got one

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Originally Posted by commishbob View Post
I'd like to guess Jim Palmer and Whitey Ford but neither was particularly a strikeout guy.

So my shot-in-the-dark guess is that Sandy Koufax is among the three.


You are correct about Koufax! Apparently his teammates knew not to expect or ask him to hit batters for any reason, because he just couldn't bear to do it.

It's said that's why Roseboro buzzed Marichal with the return throw instead, leading to the bat-clocking incident

The other two guys are from different eras, but they share a very specific attribute with Koufax if that helps.
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