An Interview With John Paciorek

• Fred9964

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  Incredible!  While he may have feltdifferently when he was 25, the guy's got a great atttitude.  He isn't bitter and he was able to go back and create another career for himself.
  

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• BrianDaubach7

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  the incredible misfortune this guy had!  He should be a motivational speaker!  Talk about reevaluating your life!

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• DaveKingman

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  That's a pretty athletic family.  Too bad we didn't get to see what John could have done.

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• noonzy

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  Thanks for the interview. After reading the last story I was wondering what happened to him.

  Posted 6/9/2008 [reply] [flag]

• pepe frias

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  Does anybody know where his brother's kid is playing this season? 

  Posted 6/10/2008 [reply] [flag]

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BASEBALL: Legends, Unclassified
Published 6/9/2008 by Baseball Crank at Baseball Crank
Dugout Central has two interesting pieces, one an interview with John Paciorek (Tom's brother, who famously reached base in all five of his Major League plate appearances), the other an argument for Bill James for the Hall of Fame, which seems like a no-brainer to me - I'd put him in with Alexander Cartwright and Henry Chadwick myself, since an innovator is just as valuable as a pioneer.

Dugout Central: An Interview With John Paciorek
Published 6/9/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Dugout Central: An Interview With John Paciorek The Game ...with Larry Bearnarth as the loser! When you played in your Major League debut game in 1963, did you ever think that this would be it, that this would be my one and only game in the big leagues? At the time (1964), I was projected to be the centerfielder for the Colt 45s/Astros for the next generation. The organization gave me every opportunity to be their next superstar. But they didn’t know what I knew about my back. Over the previous winter I did a lot of exercise to strengthen a condition that was ...

Reading Room
Published 6/16/2008 by redsock (noreply@blogger.com) at The Joy of Sox
... (I think that is how long) has passed. You will see the home plate umpire standing and waiting, the batter will be outside the batters box waiting, and you will see the pitcher standing behind the mound and looking at second base and waiting for the umpire to move back into the outfield or put his hat on (the signal that we have passed the time needed for commercials) and that tell us we can start. It drives all of us crazy.Here's two articles from Dugout Central: An interview with John Paciorek – who went 3-for-3 (with two walks) in his only major league ...