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wikipedia says what about george brett???

julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
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interesting reading huh.....

wat?


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  • cwazzycwazzy Posts: 3,257 ✭
    I did not know that about Brett...

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  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭
    That was a good read! I always find myself doing web searches for former bb players. I also checked out Brett Bros web site and see they sell baseballs, bats and gloves, but they don't offer pine tar??image What gives?? GBrett loved pine tar! lol, jk, George Brett is one of my all time favorites!
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  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭
    wat?


    good catch
  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭
    BMan, did you miss the hilarious part of that page? That made my day

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  • GuruGuru Posts: 3,127
    Best line of the whole read...

    "If Hal had [taken the bat], then I'd only be known for hemorrhoids," Brett quipped.[3]
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭✭✭
    George (third-legged johnson) Brett
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  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭
    How bout the comment by Howard Cossell.

    << <i>"...it looked like Gossage let up on that pitch that Brett hit out, and Brett made him pay for it," but a few seconds later the ABC radar gun showed the pitch's speed at 98 mph, Gossage's fastest pitch of the game. >>

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  • jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭


    << <i>How bout the comment by Howard Cossell.

    << <i>"...it looked like Gossage let up on that pitch that Brett hit out, and Brett made him pay for it," but a few seconds later the ABC radar gun showed the pitch's speed at 98 mph, Gossage's fastest pitch of the game. >>

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    Speaking of 98mph... I went to a batting cage recently, and went into the fastest cage. It didn't mention speed, but it was really rocketing them in there. I haven't been to a cage in years, and I felt really silly swinging and missing so much. But after a few rounds I was able to start getting ahold of them.

    I went to the owner and asked how fast it was. He said "70". That really made me feel stupid. The pitches seemed WAAAY faster than 70, and if that was true then instead of George Brett, I was more like Billy Crystal.

    Then I noticed a chart written over the cashier, which said the machine WAS throwing them out at 70mph, but since the distance was shorter than 60 feet, it was really the equivalent of 98mph.

    So that felt pretty good. image If I could only go back in time and face Goose Gossage in his prime. image

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