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CaptYossarian

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13. Nolan Ryan had little control at first. He was just a thrower before he became a pitcher.

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 04:27 PM

Feb 2019

It was as if he had a 100 mph knuckleball. Even he didn't know where it was going. This was until '73 or '74.

Before a Spring Training game, Cubs outfielder Jose Cardenal called the team to say he couldn't open his eye and had to be scratched from the lineup. Later he admitted to the trainer that it was because Ryan was pitching that day.

Drysdale once said that when Walt Alston would hold up 4 fingers to walk a batter, he would drill him on the first pitch. His thought was "Why waste 3 pitches?"

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