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Mel Stottlemyre

Throwback Thursday: Remembering Mel Stottlemyre

September 17, 2026 · 0 comments

It’s hard to find any description of modern pitchers as “throwbacks.” No one is throwing 300 innings any more. No one is tossing 20 complete games in a single season. Heck, no league is compiling that many in a season. So when I came across this video by accident, it made me nostalgic for the […]

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Literary birthday greetings: Catching up

November 16, 2010 · 2 comments

I have been remiss. Recent notable birthdays include Nov. 13: Mel Stottlemyre, 1941 (Pride and Pinstripes: The Yankees, Mets, and Surviving Life’s Challenges) Johnny Kling, 1875) (Johnny Kling: A Baseball Biography) Nov. 14: Jim Piersall, 1929 (Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story, plus the movie version starring the badly miscast Anthony Perkins, Fear Strikes […]

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