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kairos12

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Sat May 13, 2017, 03:55 PM May 2017

Baseball History

In 1917 the Red Sox pitcher and catcher were tossed by the umpire for arguing balls and strikes after the first batter walked. When the Red Sox brought in a new pitcher and catcher the base runner was promptly thrown out trying to steal second. The pitcher then retired the next 26 batters in a row. For a while he was credited with a Perfect Game. Not anymore though.

The pitcher who got tossed in the first--Babe Ruth.

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Baseball History (Original Post) kairos12 May 2017 OP
That means Ruth's replacement is the only pitcher in history to pitch 27 outs to only 26 batters world wide wally May 2017 #1
Interesting Box Score of the game kairos12 May 2017 #2

world wide wally

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1. That means Ruth's replacement is the only pitcher in history to pitch 27 outs to only 26 batters
Sat May 13, 2017, 04:05 PM
May 2017
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