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Originally Posted by clydepepper
That's where my nickname 'Clydepepper' originated. I was a local southpaw at the same time.
He pitching briefly and brilliantly here in 1981, but I was working a job that never allowed me to see him.
I did get to see Floyd Bannister when he had a short stay on the way up...his delivery was so, so smooth and polished...like Cliff Lee.
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That's pretty neat, Robbie. I had just finished at UH when he graduated from Westchester. People would line up 2 or 3 deep around the ballpark there to watch. I was still a few years from coaching but I ended up seeing countless high school kids pitch and I never saw anything like him.
The night he debuted for Texas I went to watch a summer league game and brought my radio since they were broadcasting the game in Houston. But it turned out I didn't need it as they piped the broadcast through the sound system for everyone to listen to.
I thought the Astros mishandled Bannister and then gave up on him too quickly.