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The only pitcher to strike out Teddy Ballgame (Williams) 3 times in a game? (Original Post) kairos12 Dec 2019 OP
And you KNOW......... MyOwnPeace Dec 2019 #1
Teddy baseball chewed his own with his own admission that if he would have empedocles Dec 2019 #2
Great trivia! Ohiogal Dec 2019 #3
Same to you Ohiogal. kairos12 Dec 2019 #4
Only girl (young woman) to strike out Ted Williams flotsam Dec 2019 #5
Joan Joyce nt greyl Dec 2019 #6

MyOwnPeace

(17,275 posts)
1. And you KNOW.........
Wed Dec 25, 2019, 09:44 AM
Dec 2019

that really had to chew at Williams' butt!!!!

And, yeah, sometimes it is difficult to separate the talent (pitching) from the brain (Bunning's politics).

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
2. Teddy baseball chewed his own with his own admission that if he would have
Wed Dec 25, 2019, 10:04 AM
Dec 2019

been willing to hit to left he 'would have hit a ton'. What a purist!

[I guess most of us have asked ourselves, 'what was I thinking back then ]

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
5. Only girl (young woman) to strike out Ted Williams
Wed Dec 25, 2019, 02:25 PM
Dec 2019

"Years later, Joyce met a man who fished with Williams in the Florida Keys. The man said he had once asked Williams to name the toughest pitcher he ever faced. "And he said, you won't believe this, but it was a girl."

https://www.espn.com/espnw/news/story/_/id/6833700/best-ted-williams-ever-faced

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