"...the old man looked ruefully at his grandson, shook his head and in a trembling voice said, 'I wanted to give them to you, my boy, but it was a long, cold winter and in the end desperation demanded we burn all of my Pete Falcone Fleer collection just to stay warm.' The boy turned away, unable to bear the sight of his grandfather's tears and devasted by the loss of his 32¢ legacy...." - from John Feinstein's inevitable baseball book, The Most Over-Wrought Story Of Our National Pastime Ever Told Continuing with the theme of lefties in my last two posts, I couldn't resist taking a look at Carlton's vaunted splits against the Cards. I idolized him as a kid (when he wasn't throwing against StL) and I still think his slider at the knees is the most consistently devastating pitch I've ever seen out of a starter, though Pedro's change in the late 90s probably...
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