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A 15 year old pitching in the major leagues

Posted on 6/10/25 at 1:03 pm
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
42979 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 1:03 pm
81 years ago today, Joe Nuxhall did it. He was a sophomore in high school, he needed a note from his principal.

Ended up pitching 16 seasons for the Reds
Posted by JimTiger72
Member since Jun 2023
12085 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 1:09 pm to
This guy did it in ‘93

Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
4385 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 1:12 pm to
He went on to be the Reds radio announcer from 1967 through 2004.

The guy is a Cincy legend.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
164706 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 1:21 pm to
Funky butt loving!
Posted by Indiangensing
Member since Nov 2017
1747 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 1:23 pm to
Bob Feller was 17 and was pretty much an all star from the beginning...
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
34661 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 1:32 pm to
Shows you how bad baseball was back in those days that Major League teams would rather sign 15-year-olds over black players to replace the players who left for World War II.
Posted by DaleGribblesMower
Member since Dec 2013
4663 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 1:37 pm to
Seems reasonable
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
38165 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 2:06 pm to
Dottie didn't drop the ball on purpose.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20154 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 2:14 pm to
David Clyde was 17 or just turned 18 when he pitched for the Rangers in 1973
Posted by Jax Teller
Member since Aug 2018
4370 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 3:52 pm to
Rosinbagger!!!!
Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
11578 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 3:55 pm to
I watched this movie the other day. I think LSU was in a weather delay.
Posted by witty alias
Member since Nov 2012
1668 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 6:17 pm to
It really is sad.

“Should we look at this Satchell Paige guy from the Negro League?”

“No, find me a high school kid.”
Posted by witty alias
Member since Nov 2012
1668 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 8:36 pm to
All the downvotes for your post says a lot about this board.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
32007 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:06 pm to
quote:

Shows you how bad baseball was back in those days
It shows how racist the whole country was. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
22418 posts
Posted on 6/10/25 at 11:49 pm to
Maybe it also shows that they didn't have the Dominican and Puerto Rican pipeline program set up yet. It's not like they're not starting out young, we just never know their real ages.
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
12811 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 5:34 am to
Hot ice! We heat up the ice cubes. It's the best of both worlds!
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
75885 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 6:56 am to
quote:

All the downvotes for your post says a lot about this board.


I think people didn't read the whole post. At first I thought he didn't realize it was WW2.
Posted by Bigdawgb
Member since Oct 2023
2533 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:15 am to
Our very own Juan Soto debuted as a 19 year old & slashed .292/.406/.517 over 116 games.
Posted by 3ACES_Ems
Columbus, OH
Member since Jan 2017
16 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:43 am to
Nice tagline he had at the end of the post-game wrap up as the reds announcer for 30 years or so.

‘This is the old left-hander, rounding third and heading for home. Good night everyone.’

A big part of my youth listening to Reds radio w my old man - before everything was on TV.
This post was edited on 6/11/25 at 3:49 pm
Posted by BigPapiDoesItAgain
Amérique du Nord
Member since Nov 2009
3273 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:57 am to
That's a great old Rawlings Trap-eze web "six finger" infielder glove that kid has in the pic. Didn't remember it from the movie. My pop was a huge Stan Musial fan - I remember he had an old Rawlings ad featuring Stan the Man when they came out with that design in the 50's. I think he might have been the first to use a glove with that web design.
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