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Brother Buzz

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9. Here's a cool video on the Big League Chew story as told by Rob Nelson, co-inventor

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:27 PM

Sep 2021

Talk about the price of admission: For a whopping three dollars, I could have caught Bill Lee set a cool pitching record.

On Aug 23, 2012, at age sixty-five, Bill Lee became the oldest man to win a professional game. He went the distance throwing for the San Rafael Pacifics in an independent North American League game against the Maui Na Koa Ikaikamissed

Note: Bill lee grew up in unincorporated Terra Linda, just north of San Rafael, and '420' was coined in San Rafael, Marin County. Coincidence?

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Netflix: The Battling Bastards of Baseball [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 OP

This is an excellent movie. Highly recommended Lettuce Be Sep 2021 #1

Thanks. underpants Sep 2021 #2

Bing Russell was a serious baseball sage - He learned early from the best Brother Buzz Sep 2021 #3

Thanks for posting the BoutonCarson dialog......how cool was that? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #4

Here's a cool video on the Big League Chew story as told by Rob Nelson, co-inventor Brother Buzz Sep 2021 #9

9 goddamn innings? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #10

He kinda, sorta, broke the record two years later when he played all nine positions... Brother Buzz Sep 2021 #11

Thats when the 70's guys got the game. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #12

That's what he discovered when he took his show to Cuba Brother Buzz Sep 2021 #13

Bing's love of the game was true. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #5

Bing Russel's father owned a floatplane business in Florida and was a close friend of Lefty Gomez Brother Buzz Sep 2021 #6

Probably was connected to Ted Williams and LL Bean. My Guess. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #7

I fleshed out more of the story - Brother Buzz Sep 2021 #14

Kurt mentions Rangely, ME in the doc. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #8