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I lived in Atlanta when he did it. I remember there was some controversy about it at the time regarding the way they counted. I don't recall the issue. Maybe preseason games or exhibition games or something like that.
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Al Downing threw a 85 mph fastball right over the plate. He wanted Hank to break the record. Hank Aaron would have done it without a batting practice pitch thrown eventually.
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A bit before my time, but I got to see many Royals games as a kid in the 80's, my Grandparents had season tickets...2nd row seats behind the visiting team dugout. Got to meet some players too, notably Brett Saberhagen, who was won the Cy Young Award. Saw George Brett, Bo Jackson, Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco and many others. I'll never forget watching George Brett hit a home run, the sound of it, the way it looked. Dude had an incredible swing. Just a cool experience. Baseball is so much better at the park than on TV. |
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Another one of my heroes was Steve Carlton. I saw him pitch in person many times. One of the most memorable was Game 2 of the 1980 World Series. My Dad scored seats in the last row of the lower deck, pretty close to right behind home plate. Carlton pitched against George Brett and your Royals, and won the game. A bunch of us Phillies fans tried to get tickets to what was sure to be the game where Carlton broke 3,000 strikeouts in 1981. We came up empty. A few hours before the game, I got a call that the father of a guy we knew had scored 4 tickets to the game, and me and my best friend Grahame could go with them if we could get a ride to their house in a half hour or less. We got there. The seats were in the nosebleeds in short right field, but we were happy to be there! IIRC, he struck out the side in the first inning to reach the milestone. Good times. |
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