Great baseball story by Tom Boswell, journalist/Post and one of the premier baseball
experts and baseball historians.

Back around 1961, it was widely believed that the fastest runner in baseball was either Mickey Mantle, center fielder for the Yankees or Pedro Ramos, fastball pitcher for the long suffering Washington Senators.

The Senators in the 20s, won a World Series for the Senators and fastballer Walter Johnson is ranked as the best pitcher in the history of baseball. Too bad there weren't radar guns... continue reading


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