Steve Dalkowski and the best pitching line I've ever read.

[ukyah]

this can't go unread. i won't spoil the story, but there's some killer moments in this story that had my wife and i cracking up.

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/04/27/steve-dalkowski-the-model-for-nuke-laloosh-dies-at-80/

[Slegnaac]

Interesting read, thanks.

[aznhockeyguy]

I read about this guy in this old timey massive baseball book about baseball myths and legends that they had in my elementary school library.  The author of the book claimed that he threw 105 mph.

[ukyah]

this  snippet is one of the funniest things i've ever read. i was telling my wife if a genie granted me the wish to sit in attendance of any baseball game ever, then this would be it. just try to actually visualize what that game looked like. what the crowd reaction would be. what the opposing hitters must have behaved like. that's the game to see.

on August 10, 1957, when he was 18 and was playing in his first season as a professional. That day he took the mound for Kingsport of the Appalachian League. He struck out 24. But he walked 18, hit four batters, threw six wild pitches in a row at one point and lost the game 9-8.

[Stradling]

23 minutes ago, ukyah said:

this  snippet is one of the funniest things i've ever read. i was telling my wife if a genie granted me the wish to sit in attendance of any baseball game ever, then this would be it. just try to actually visualize what that game looked like. what the crowd reaction would be. what the opposing hitters must have behaved like. that's the game to see.

on August 10, 1957, when he was 18 and was playing in his first season as a professional. That day he took the mound for Kingsport of the Appalachian League. He struck out 24. But he walked 18, hit four batters, threw six wild pitches in a row at one point and lost the game 9-8.

If he struck out 24 on 3 straight pitches, then he walked those 18 on 4 straight pitches, then hit 4 batters on the first pitch, and finally threw 6 wild pitches, that’s 154 pitches, at 18 years old.   You have to assume he threw between 250-300 pitches that outing.  That manager today would be arrested.  

[ukyah]

On 4/28/2020 at 9:43 PM, Stradling said:

If he struck out 24 on 3 straight pitches, then he walked those 18 on 4 straight pitches, then hit 4 batters on the first pitch, and finally threw 6 wild pitches, that’s 154 pitches, at 18 years old.   You have to assume he threw between 250-300 pitches that outing.  That manager today would be arrested.  

isn't math fun. i do little breakdowns like that to fully illustrate points too. great post.

[Stradling]

54 minutes ago, ukyah said:

isn't math fun. i do little breakdowns like that to fully illustrate points too. great post.

I’m a huge fan of numbers like that.