06-08-2020, 12:03 PM
(06-08-2020, 11:01 AM)Mick Wrote:(06-08-2020, 10:48 AM)Phogge Wrote: Some more:
Who and what weight was the heaviest position player ever in MLB? The heaviest pitcher?
Who is the shortest active player?
Shortest used to be Freddie Patek.
“How does it feel to be the smallest player in the majors,” a Houston reporter asked Fred Patek in 1968. “A heck of a lot better than being the tallest player in the minors,” countered the rookie shortstop.
BTW, patek means "Friday" in Czech. Freddie Friday.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)