HE PITCHED THE GREATEST GAME IN BASEBALL HISTORY.....AND - TopicsExpress



          

HE PITCHED THE GREATEST GAME IN BASEBALL HISTORY.....AND LOST!............... HARVEY THE KITTEN HADDIX OF THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES WAS BORN ON THIS DAY- SEPTEMBER 18, 1925. IN 1959, HARVEY PITCHED A 12-INNING PERFECT GAME, RETIRING THE FIRST 36 BATTERS IN A ROW VS. THE MILWAUKEE BRAVES IN MILWAUKEE. BUT HE LOST THE GAME IN THE 13TH INNING ON AN ERROR, A SACRIFICE, AN INTENTIONAL WALK AND A DOUBLE BY JOE ADCOCK. HE LOST BY A SCORE OF 1-0. WHEN HARVEY LEFT THE STADIUM THAT NIGHT, HE HAD AN AFTER-GAME MEAL OF BACON & EGGS. HE COULDNT SLEEP AFTER THIS LOSS, SO HE WALKED THE STREETS UNTIL DAWN.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:44:27 +0000

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