zoneranger Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Whozis...BTW Thanks to Tank for the last Whozis pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thing2 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 no clue, but whyzis posted six times?EDIT: never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Denny Galehouse Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoneranger Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 Sorry about the extra posts. No, it's not Galehouse. This guy was the first victim of a MLB rule change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 This is a complete guess, but Burleigh Grimes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Nels Potter, first player to be ejected for throwing an illegal spitball. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoneranger Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 On July 20, 1944, umpire Cal Hubbard ejected the Browns? ?Nellie? Potter for going to his mouth while pitching?the only major league pitcher to be so banished.The Browns were playing the Yankees that day, and the fuss had started with Browns Manager Luke Sewell complaining about New York pitcher Hank Borowy going to his mouth. This was an odd strategy in view of the tendency that Sewell?s own pitcher had of doing this.Borowy promptly desisted, but Potter could not break his habit. Hubbard warned him twice. Finally, Hubbard told Sewell that if he had to warn Potter again, the pitcher would be out. Potter made an exaggerated licking motion and was tossed.?I made a report to the league, and they suspended Nellie for ten days,? said Hubbard. ?He had a wife and I think he wanted a vacation anyway. They said his wife gave birth to a child nine months later.?A knee injury kept Potter out of the service during World War II. During 12 years in the big leagues he won 92 games and lost 97. He made two World Series starts in 1944 and surrendered only one earned run, but six Browns errors gave him an 0-1 record. Potter ended his 12-year major league career with the Boston Braves in 1949. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 At least I had the spitball part right, although I was off by a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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