Today, baseball pitch counts heavily dictate a pitcher’s lifespan. In 1944, relief pitchers were an anomaly, and starters tossed well over 100 pitches per outing. Charley “Red” Barrett only needed about half of that when he took the mound on Aug. 10, as he threw a 58-pitch comple...
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder, right, beats a tag by Minnesota Twins second baseman Edouard Julien for an RBI double in the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Minneapolis.Bruce Kluckhohn / AP "He's such a good athlete that he will," Cora said. Grissom had...
Take “Scary Movie.” In one scene that spoofs the opening of “Scream,” Carmen Electra plays a woman being chased through her house by a masked, knife-wielding intruder. Armed with a baseball bat, she throws open the front door and clubs two masked people standing on her porch--only t...