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Bob Buhl announcement on a 20 win season

ByThis Day in Baseball February 15, 1957February 15, 2021

February 15, 1957- In a Milwaukee Sentinel article by Lou Chapman, Bob Buhl, an early arrival in spring training camp, predicted he’d win 20 games in the upcoming season. “I would have won 20 easy last year if I hadn’t broken my finger in August.” Buhl came close, posting an 18-7 record in 1957 with…

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A Boston newspaper claims that Ted Williams never paid his $5,000 fine for spitting at the crowd. It refers to him mockingly as the “Splendid Spitter.”

ByThis Day in Baseball February 15, 1957February 15, 2020

1957 – A Boston newspaper claims that Ted Williams never paid his $5,000 fine for spitting at the crowd. It refers to him mockingly as the “Splendid Spitter.”

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Bob Buhl announcement on a 20 win season

A Boston newspaper claims that Ted Williams never paid his $5,000 fine for spitting at the crowd. It refers to him mockingly as the “Splendid Spitter.”

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