June 17, 201511 yr I got it...but I had read it before recently...I won't give it away. I'll give another hint...only made over $10,000,000 3 times in his surprisingly long career.
June 18, 201511 yr Author Tony Gwynn? No. Not who you would think, but the guy "flew under the radar" just doing his job.
June 18, 201511 yr Author Garrett Anderson is correct. If it wasn't for an arthritic condition and plantar fasciitis in his feet he would have easily been a member of the 3000 Hit Club.
June 18, 201511 yr Author I hold the major league record for most at-bats without an extra base hit, with 373....who am I? Hint: I served up Mike Schmidt's final home run.
June 18, 201511 yr I hold the major league record for most at-bats without an extra base hit' date=' with 373....who am I? Hint: I served up Mike Schmidt's final home run.[/quote'] My aging memory says it is a Pirate.
June 18, 201511 yr My aging memory says it is a Pirate. Schmidt definitely hit #500 off a Pirate. I still can see the little dance he did as soon as he hit it. He knew it was gone. Also can hear Harry Kalas's call of the HR.
June 18, 201511 yr Schmidt definitely hit #500 off a Pirate. I still can see the little dance he did as soon as he hit it. He knew it was gone. Also can hear Harry Kalas's call of the HR. We remember the exact same thing about that HR. I'm 99% sure Kalas invoked the "Michael Jack Schmidt" call.
June 18, 201511 yr We remember the exact same thing about that HR. I'm 99% sure Kalas invoked the "Michael Jack Schmidt" call. Yes he did.
June 18, 201511 yr I hold the major league record for most at-bats without an extra base hit' date=' with 373....who am I? Hint: I served up Mike Schmidt's final home run.[/quote'] My aging memory says it is a Pirate. Schmidt definitely hit #500 off a Pirate. I still can see the little dance he did as soon as he hit it. He knew it was gone. Also can hear Harry Kalas's call of the HR. I think we both misread the clue. I thought the clue was I also served up Schmidt's 500th HR, not his final HR.
June 18, 201511 yr I think we both misread the clue. I thought the clue was I also served up Schmidt's 500th HR' date=' not his final HR.[/quote'] Weird. How did we both assume 500?
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