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(continued) • In 1961, Cleveland Indian pitcher Herb Score was hit in the eye by a line drive hit by New York Yankee Gil McDougald. The ball bounced off Score’s head and rolled to first base, where the Cleveland first baseman nabbed it and put the batter out. Score was credited with an assist. • William Kennedy was pitching for Brooklyn in 1897 when the umpire called a close decision against him. Kennedy lost his temper and hurled the baseball at the umpire, intending to smack him in the head. The ball narrowly missed the ump, who called the ball in play. A runner on base scored before the catcher could retrieve the ball. Brooklyn lost the game 2 - 1. • Joe Engel, pitching in Washington, did not do a very good job. The question was not whether his pitches would go over the plate but whether they would stay in the ballpark. Manager Clark Griffith called him to his office one day and informed him he was being sent to Minneapolis. “Who am I being traded for?” Engel asked. “No one,” replied Griffith. “It’s an even trade!” • In 1918, Otis Crandall was pitching for Los Angeles against Salt Lake City. He had a perfect no-hitter going. There were two out in the ninth inning and not a single man had reached base. Then his brother Karl came to bat for Salt Lake. He made a base hit — the only known instance where a no-hitter was broken by the pitcher’s brother. • Bob Fothergill was a big man. He was a good hitter, but he was sensitive about his weight. As Leo Durocher got ready to pitch against him, he called out, “Stop the game!” and approached the umpire. When the ump asked what was wrong, Durocher replied, “Don’t you know the rules?” he asked, pointing at Fothergill. “BOTH those guys can’t bat at the same time!” Fothergill was so angry he couldn’t bat well and struck out. Hyperlink in Master page

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• Meanwhile, the New York Yankees had finished spring training in Florida and were on their way to New York. They stopped in Chattanooga to play the Lookouts in an exhibition game. • The game began before a crowd of 4,000. Reporters, wire services, and a newsreel camera were on hand. The Lookouts’ manager sent Clyde Barfoot out to pitch the first inning. The Yankees’ lead-off batter slugged a double, and their next hitter smacked a single, allowing a run. The manager pulled Barfoot out and sent rookie southpaw Jackie to the mound. The next hitter up at bat was the legendary Babe Ruth. • Jackie’s first pitch was a ball, but the next three pitches were strikes, with Babe taking a useless swing at the first two, and the third dropping across the plate for a strike. Jackie Mitchell struck Babe Ruth out. The crowd went wild! Babe Ruth kicked the dirt, called the umpire nasty names, gave his bat a wild heave, and stomped out to the Yank’s dugout. • But there was still work to be done, for the next batter up was Lou Gehrig. She struck him out on three pitches. Jackie Mitchell had fanned the “Sultan of Swat” and the “Iron Horse” backto-back. The crowd rose to its feet in a lengthy standing ovation. • Jackie pitched to one more batter, allowing a walk, before the manager pulled her out and sent Barfoot in. The Yankees won 14 – 4. • The news spread across the country. Fan mail poured in. One envelope had no address aside from the words “The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth.” • A few days later, the baseball commissioner voided her contract, declaring that women were unfit to play baseball because it was “too strenuous.” In 1952, Major League Baseball formally banned women from contracts, a ban that lasted until 1992. • Crushed, Jackie began pitching in exhibition games. At 19, she signed with the House of David, a men’s team famous for their long hair and beards. She traveled with them until 1937, but eventually got tired of the sideshow aspects of her career, such as being asked to wear a fake beard, or playing an inning while riding a donkey. • She retired at 23, but played with local teams. She refused to come out of retirement when the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League formed in 1943.

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