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In 1930, he led the league in wins and saves (though it would be decades before the save became an official statistic).
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
in 1920, a 25-year-old Hornsby—a lifetime .310/.370/.440 hitter to that point—hit .370/.431/.559, leading the league in all three splits, and he also led the league in hits, doubles, RBIs, and total bases. Over the next five seasons combined—this is so ridiculous—Hornsby would hit .402. Nobody, not even Ty Cobb, hit .400 over five full seasons.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
A young pitcher, facing Hornsby, complained about a pitch being called a ball. “Son,” umpire Bill Klem said, “when you pitch a strike, Mr. Hornsby will let you know it.”
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
The legendary Nolan Ryan did strike out Gwynn nine times in 67 plate appearances—that’s the most against any pitcher. Gwynn still hit .300 against Ryan, one of the very few who did.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
B. J. Ryan (in 2003, with the Baltimore Orioles) and Alan Embree (in 2009, with the Colorado Rockies) were each credited with a victory in a game in which they threw zero pitches. Both relievers picked a runner off a base to end an inning before their offense plated the winning run.
Anthony Castrovince • A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics: Why WAR, WHIP, wOBA, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball
María Cristina, nacida en 1915, pertenecía a una de las llamadas «catorce familias» de El Salvador; había estudiado en los Estados Unidos, en el Notre Dame de Namur College, en Belmont, California, hablaba inglés y francés, y habría seguido una carrera universitaria si se lo hubieran permitido, pero no la dejaron, pues, según los prejuicios de la é
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Only three men as big as Frank Thomas—Derrek Lee and Mike Morse are the other two—have hit .300 in a full big-league season. Thomas did it nine times.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
el gobierno de Juan José Arévalo lo expulsó del Ejército y los jueces lo condenaron a muerte, una condena diferida varias veces. Su fuga, el 11 de junio de 1951, de la Penitenciaría, lo hizo célebre en todo el país. Había dos versiones sobre ella.
Mario Vargas Llosa • Tiempos recios (Spanish Edition)
Odilia Palomo de Castillo Armas posaba de muy católica y tenía el apoyo del arzobispo y los curas, que ahora lo controlaban todo. La tal Odilia era una fierecilla. Defendía con uñas y dientes los que creía sus derechos. Martita se rio con la cara pegada contra la almohada de plumas. Había una guerra civil por aquello en Guatemala entre los partidar
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