Mets (Brazoban) vs Padres (Vasquez): 6/7/26, 4:10pm

[whippoorwill]

3 hours ago, Frayed Knot said:

Well I think it was more the results of his final inning that ended his day rather than just number of pitches.

 

 

btw, Ducky Medwick died at the age of 63 (when Keith was in his second ML season) so not quite as old as Keith seems to think he was when he was the StL roving minor league hitting instructor.

My dad apparently had a buddy nicknamed Ducky Wucky because once when we were at Cooperstown he bought him a Ducky Wucky postcard

[Edgy MD]

My friend Martin's mother was a cousin of Medwick's.  Martin was working as a realtor showing an older guy rentals in Boston.  The guy was new in town, so Martin asked where he was from, and he said was from St. Louis.  He had grown up and spent his whole life in a neighborhood near Sportsman's Park.

"Oh," Martin said, "I had a relative who played for Cardinals at Sportsman's Park."

"Really?  Who?"

"Joe Medwick."

"YOU'RE RELATED TO DUCKY MEDWICK?!  DUCKY MEDWICK WAS MY HERO!!"

"Wow, yeah.  To be honest, I never spoke to him.  He died when I was young."

"I spoke to him once."

"Really?  What did he say?"

"I said, 'Hey, Ducky, can I have your autograph?' and he said, 'Fuck you, Kid.'"

[whippoorwill]

Haha I wonder if he was still his favorite player lol

[Edgy MD]

I get the idea that Ducky hated the name Ducky.

And maybe it was that focused rage that helped turn him into a Hall-of-Famer.

[whippoorwill]

I would think so!  The articles I read last night said he preferred to be called ‘Muscles’.