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Thread #57510   Message #908725
Posted By: Bobert
12-Mar-03 - 10:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: What in Baseball is an RBI???
Subject: RE: BS: What in Baseball is an RBI???
Well, danged! I don't want to drift too far here but I fuggured that I'd get in my Wes Ginny plug. We got this town here called Nitro, Wes Ginny. And well, back around 1944 or 1945 there was this skinny kid who was offered a job a the local Rayon plant. Well, back then everyone who was offered a job *had* to play on the company's baseball team. So, having pitched a litlle in high school, the kid became the teams pitcher and went 12-2.

Fast forward to the 1957 World series and this kid tore the New York Yankees up real good winning all three of his starts in the series.

And just who were a few of the folks that he faced in the series? You guessed it. Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Enos Slaughter, Moose Skowron, Hank Bauer and Elston Howard! Heck of a bunch of guys to intimidate and stike out.

And all done in Wes Ginny style!

Oh, who is he? Well, I'm sure that Spazer has guessed and maybe a few others....

(Drumroll...)

Lew Burdette..................

Bobert