I've been working on the biography of Joe Horlen, big league pitcher from Texas. He is believed to be the only player to have won a baseball World Series in Pony League, NCAA and MLB.
1 - The blonde haired, freckled faced 11 year old with a looping curveball had just thrown a no hitter for Shepard Jewelers (Collins Garden Midgets), 1949. He later threw a no-no on the big league stage for the White Sox in 1967.
2 - Working out on a makeshift mound in his backyard, circa 1948
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