"Satchel Paige had a very, very good fastball... but the first time I faced Satchel, he threw me a little breaking ball, just to see what I could do, and I hit it off the top of the fence. I got a double. When I got to second, Satchel told the third baseman, 'Let me know when that little boy comes back up.'
Three innings later, I go to kneel down in the on-deck circle, and I hear the third baseman say, 'There he is.'
Satch looked at the third baseman, and then he looked at me. I walk halfway to home plate and he says, 'Little boy.'
I say, 'Yes, sir?' because Satch was much older than I am, so I was trying to show respect.
He walked halfway to home plate and said, 'Little boy, I'm not going to trick you. I'm going to throw you three fastballs and you're going to go sit down' and I'm saying in my mind, 'I DOOON'T THINK SOOO. If he threw me three of the same pitch, I'm going to hit it somewhere. I turned to the catcher and asked, “What does he mean?” Catcher told me, “He’s going to throw you three fast balls. Nothing else.”
He threw me two fastballs and I just swung...I swung right through it.. and the third ball he threw, and I tell people this all the time, he threw the ball and as he let go he said, 'Go sit down.'
This is while the ball was in the air. Yes, he struck me out with three pitches.
He was just magnificent."
Willie Mays
My kids found the wiffle ball stuff. With no prompting, it took them ten minutes to figure out the torpedo ball hits further. They might be smarter than us all. #TorpedoBat#BackyardBall
Stop what you're doing & watch this unreal assist from Sidney Crosby! 🤩
Sid becomes the first player ever to reach 90 points at least three times after turning 35 years old.
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While I am not an Ovi fan, I love this. Fleury stood on his head to stop the Capitals from scoring in his last season in Pittsburgh in the playoffs. We forget how critical that was on the Pens drive for the cup.
It’s kinda crazy that the NHL created an EXHIBITION game that was more compelling and seemingly higher stakes than any NBA game in the last decade, and the main principle was just
“What if our players took pride in their performance”
@Flipsteeler@steelers I am jealous of teams that build around their existing tools, vice sitting around and wishing they had Big Ben (in his prime) back.
Hey @steelers, give Justin Fields a full season with an offense built around him. If he can continue to get better, we have our long-term QB. Also, get him some more WR's.