09-10-2020, 07:10 AM
(09-03-2020, 12:31 PM)fenders53 Wrote: It was always fun when Gaylord Perry pitched. I never thought he was all that extraordinary but he did win 300 games. Spitters were part of his mystique. He just wore the umps out. They knew he was probably hiding a small amount of vaseline or hair tonic somewhere, and just didn't want to deal with it every game. Just part of baseball lore. He admits he cheated a hell of a lot though.
I have the same opinion of Gaylord -not extraordinary but the record says otherwise. He was a helluva pitcher through the 60's and early 70s with 2 Cy Youngs .
I did always love the theatrics around the spitter.