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Originally Posted by frankbmd
Would a high five with your glove on satisfy your literal analysis as long as one didn’t use his gloved hand?
And I know you are going to say that Jim Abbott couldn’t comply.
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So long as five fingers are raised in some form, I think the spirit of the rule is met, whether or not the five fingers are obscured by a glove.
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Originally Posted by frankbmd
You could then award a career Cy to any pitcher with seven babies.
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If innings pitched continue their precipitous decline, before long outfielders will be making more throws each game than pitchers. I propose we retroactively award a Baby Cy to outfielder Gus Zernial, who had six home runs in three games commemorated on his 1952 Topps card (he hit a seventh the following day), and also to pitcher Larry Jansen, who is shown on his card holding up seven fingers--one for each of his children.