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“Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.” quote by Ty Cobb — Download Open image

“Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.”

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He batted against spitballs, shineballs, emeryballs and all the other trick deliveries. He never figured anything out or studied anything with the same scientific approach I gave it. He just swung. If he'd ever had any knowledge of batting, his average would have been phenomenal. ... he seemed content to just punch the ball, and I can still see those…

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