Early Sabermetrics Archive – Bill James, Project Scoresheet, Sabermetric Review

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Originally Posted by MallardRoad

Oh wow that’s interesting and, yes, I miss the big old lunk too — and what I’ll remember most about the Vet were the awful years, how my dad who hated to pay for parking would have us walk around south Philly and the meatpacking plants so we could save a few bucks, then in those lean years watching with disgust as Mets fans flooded the park. He was a pilot and one year we flew to Clearwater for spring training where I saw this overpowering pitcher for the AAA Braves team, and for years as a kid I followed him through the Sporting News I’d buy each week at the mall and then one day, years later, he was traded by the White Sox to the Phils and he lasted all of four or five games and never played again. He is the answer to a very obscure trivia question: which pitcher’s last ever win was a no hitter? None other than Joe Cowley.

Whoa … me too. My father didn’t want to pay to park, either. We always parked near the Abbotts warehouse. Short walk!

Joe Cowley just completely lost the strike zone … I remember that too well …