Kibitzer
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. . . had no idea of any "pitch count " stat.
Juan Marichal (Dodgers) hooked up with Warren Spahn (Braves) in one of the greatest duels in baseball history. They dueled for 16 innings -- no relief -- until Willie Mays hit a home run with one out in the bottom of the 16th inning.
Game announcers from Toronto discussed this classic (during Blue Jays vs. Red Sox on MLB.tv) and stated that Marichal threw 227 pitches and Spahn tossed 201 (and perhaps one too many).
When this game was played, Spahn was 42 years old. He broke into MLB briefly in 1941, then went off to WW II for three years ('42-'44), including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge.
Perhaps his most extraordinary achievement (from a very long list) was to pitch 382 complete games.
And one of the best was exactly 50 years ago. And he lost, 1-0.
Juan Marichal (Dodgers) hooked up with Warren Spahn (Braves) in one of the greatest duels in baseball history. They dueled for 16 innings -- no relief -- until Willie Mays hit a home run with one out in the bottom of the 16th inning.
Game announcers from Toronto discussed this classic (during Blue Jays vs. Red Sox on MLB.tv) and stated that Marichal threw 227 pitches and Spahn tossed 201 (and perhaps one too many).
When this game was played, Spahn was 42 years old. He broke into MLB briefly in 1941, then went off to WW II for three years ('42-'44), including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge.
Perhaps his most extraordinary achievement (from a very long list) was to pitch 382 complete games.
And one of the best was exactly 50 years ago. And he lost, 1-0.