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kairos12

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3. I once saw Bake McBride, who played for the Cardinals in the 70s,

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 11:05 AM

Mar 2019

hitting in a batting cage during the off-season at my college. I asked him who the hardest pitcher was to face. He laughed and said it was Tom Seaver by a mile. This was in about 1975.

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Oh no. mobeau69 Mar 2019 #1

He was a classy guy world wide wally Mar 2019 #2

I once saw Bake McBride, who played for the Cardinals in the 70s, kairos12 Mar 2019 #3

I saw Tom Terrific pitch at Shea in early '77, right before the trade to the Reds... Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #4