Chuck Stobbs enjoyed making others feel welcome

Baseball Toaster found this 7/13/2008 on www.baseballthinkfactory.org [flag]

Chuck Stobbs RIP...#7 on the Mickey Mantle 10 Longest Home Runs list. The Washington Senators were just playing out the string and it wasn’t even his turn in the rotation, but left-hander Chuck Stobbs gamely took the ball for the 1957 season finale. Facing the indignity of suffering his 20th loss of the season, Stobbs battled the visiting Baltimore Orioles for 10 innings before dropping a ... [link]

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The Griddle: Chuck Stobbs, 1929-2008
Published 7/13/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... to Mickey Mantle back on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium. Stobbs also pitched for the White Sox, Browns, Cardinals. His son spoke of his father's retirement at age 31 in 1961: He always told me that he threw just as hard in 61 as he did in 47; it just didn t get there as fast, Charley Stobbs said. Link via BTF .

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