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Old 10-26-2005, 01:39 PM
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Posted By: Darren J. Duet

In the same vane, Willie Mays missed a couple of games in 1955. Legend has it, that Willie was fast, so fast in fact, that he smoked a line drive up the middle which hit him in the head as he was rounding second.

Ty Cobb was giving an interview in the 1960's, and the reporter asked Cobb what he thought he'd hit in the modern game. Cobb stated ".290" The reporter shocked tried to rationalize the answer, "is it because of night games, specialty pitchers, greater talent?" Cobb perturbed stated,"NO! it's because I'm 70 years old!"

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