I was reading an article on ESPN by Bill Simmons
in which a part was devoted to the top five manly plays of all time. A baseball play was his number one:
1. The time Johnny Bench kept getting shaken off by a pitcher who wanted to keep throwing fastballs, so he caught the next fastball with his throwing hand. That will never be topped. That was the sports equivalent of Dalton catching someone's punch at the Double Deuce, then twisting the guy's arm around and breaking his neck.
Can anyone provide some additional information on that? That sounds like something straight from Bull Durham.
1. The time Johnny Bench kept getting shaken off by a pitcher who wanted to keep throwing fastballs, so he caught the next fastball with his throwing hand. That will never be topped. That was the sports equivalent of Dalton catching someone's punch at the Double Deuce, then twisting the guy's arm around and breaking his neck.
Can anyone provide some additional information on that? That sounds like something straight from Bull Durham.
