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Hey Kid, The Padres Have A Rotation Spot Open
Hey Kid, The Padres Have A Rotation Spot Open
I love stories like this so let me take a deep breath before diving in. OK, here goes. Nine-year-old Jericho Scott of New Haven, Connecticut is apparently just too damn good at baseball. Scott is a right-handed pitcher whose fastball tops out at around 40 mph. That's so hard some parents don't want their kids to have to face him. They voiced their complaints and the Youth Baseball League of ...
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