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60 YEARS AGO TODAY - THE STRANGEST AT-BAT IN BASEBALL HISTORY

 
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GAMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN THE HISTORY OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

BUT ON AUGUST 19, 1951, THE STRANGEST BASEBALL AT-BAT EVER RECORDED TOOK PLACE IN SPORTSMAN'S PARK IN ST. LOUIS. IT WAS SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY THAT A MIDGET CAME TO BAT. (BEFORE I PROCEED ANY FURTHER, I KNOW THE TERM "MIDGET" IS NOT CURRENTLY POLITICALLY CORRECT, BUT I WILL BE USING THE TERM "MIDGET" IN THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE, AS THAT WAS THE TERM USED BOTH AT THE TIME AND ALL THROUGH EDDIE GAEDEL'S LIFE. FORGIVE ME, P.C. ADVOCATES - NO DISRESPECT OR OFFENSE IS INTENDED ANYONE.)

A MOON-SHOT!

 IN 1968, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MANAGER, ALVIN DARK, TOLD REPORTERS:

NASA WILL PUT A MAN ON THE MOON BEFORE GAYLORD PERRY (A WEAK-HITTING PITCHER) HITS A HOME RUN.

ON JULY 20, 1969, PERRY CONNECTED FOR HIS FIRST EVER HOME RUN- 20 MINUTES AFTER NEIL ARMSTRONG WALKED ON THE MOON.

DON'T CALL HER DUCHESS - SHE'S A DUKE!

THE FIRST WOMAN PITCHER TO START ON A MEN'S PRO BASEBALL TEAM WAS ILA BORDERS OF THE DULUTH DUKES IN 1998.