on the , "axisofEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeevil...." (Richard Burton in Exorcist II)

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

: on the , "axisofEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeevil...." (Richard Burton in Exorcist II)
by Michael Hoover
10 May 2002 19:09 UTC

lists are near-perfect e-list semaphore speak...

all lists are necessarily incomplete, however, those critical of fidel are
woefully so if they fail to include roy terrell's great piece 'but for a
hanging curve ball' in 26 july 1960 issue of sports illustrated...ny yankee
manager casey stengel states that yankees would have signed fidel following
1954 tryout in ft. lauderdale despite fact that he threw hanging curve ball and
then let him languish in minor leagues forever if they could have known that
he'd become revolutionary leader...yogi berra, who caught fidel at his tryout,
suggests that he could have helped fidel overcome problem of hanging curve ball
in time...imagine, early 60s yanks could have had whitey ford (one of mickey
mantle's drinking buddies), jim bouton (bit of revolutionary in his own right,
see book entitled 'ball four

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CB: Yes, and speaking of curve balls , in _Ball Four_ Bouton quotes Joe Morgan on the motherfucking curve ball. There's regular curve balls which break but you might hit them. Then there is that curve ball that comes all way up to the plate and falls right off the end of the  motherfucking table. That's the motherfucking curve ball.


^^^^^



) and al downing (great african-american pitcher
for several years until he developed arm trouble), and fidel (what better team
for him to have played for than yankees)...maybe if fidel ha!
d been on mound in ninth inning of seventh game of 1960 world (gotta love
imperial bombast of u.s. major league championship name) series, he'd have
struck bill mazeroski out rather than giving up home run to win title...

in sum, blame ny yankees for u.s. cuba 'problem'...    michael hoover