The Sporting

JUNE 22, 2023

The Iconic Players With 1.000 Batting Averages More than two dozen cup-of-coffee major league players sport 1.000-lifetime batting averages. Macht tells the story of baseball’s lifetime 1.000 hitters throughout the years. But fewer than 100 of them left a career batting average of 1.000 in the record books.

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Sports Sports Sport 59

The Sporting

MAY 13, 2023

Macht Starting out in 1914 In 1914 I tried out with the New York Giants , pitching batting practice. And I did, in my first big league start for Pittsburgh on September 17, 1915, a 5-0 four-hitter. The Giants got on me because of it. This went on for a few innings. Just go ahead,” and patted me on the back.

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The Sporting

MAY 26, 2023

An Interview With Left-Hand-Batting Outfielder Babe Herman Baseball writer Norman L. Join us on this trip down memory lane… Hall of Famer Babe Herman Floyd “Babe” Herman was a 6-foot-4 left-hand-batting outfielder who scorched NL (and, briefly, AL) pitchers for.324/.532 That way you won’t fall away too far on a curve.

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Exercise Coaching 59

The Sporting

APRIL 16, 2023

Macht Six-foot-two, 200-pound right-handed pitcher Dave “Boo” Ferriss had one of the most spectacular debuts in baseball history, throwing a record 22 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings in his first three games for the Boston Red Sox in 1945. At one time Shaw was the world’s cotton center. In four years his record was 65-30.

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Coaching High School Schooling Wellness 105