Fascination wih Numbers:
"You can look it up!"
1.) Quadruple your fun:
Hank Aaron wore uniform # 44:
He hit exactly 44 homeruns in 4 different seasons...
including 1957, 1966, &
1963 when he was tied with Willie McCovey, who also wore # 44
and
1969 when he was second to McCovey who hit 45.
oh, and both Aaron & McCovey were born in Mobile, AL
2. Ultimate BLACKJACK)
Warren Spahn wore # 21, the year of his birth, 1921
He won exactly 21 games an amazing 8 different years:
1947, 21-10
1949, 21-14
1950, 21-17
1954, 21-12
1957, 21-11
1959, 21-15 with 21 CGS
1960, 21-10
1961, 21-13 with 21 CGS
You can't make this stuff up!
Last edited by clydepepper; 06-27-2014 at 05:12 AM.
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