How Terry Leach got to be my all-time favorite ballplayer: his first six starts, including two complete-game shutouts, were spread over five seasons, the bulk of which he spent in the minors.https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1418738211967406084 …
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Through mid-May in 1968, as a 21-year-old rookie, Nolan Ryan had a 1.22 ERA & was second in the majors in Ks. Wasn't physically able to sustain it yet against blisters on his fingers from his raw velocity.pic.twitter.com/eweWRVccGh
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Mets staff at that point in 1968 was bonkers for a team that had never finished above 9th place https://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/ComparePitchers.py?StartDate=03%2F01%2F1968&EndDate=05%2F14%2F1968&GameType=all&PlayedFor=25&PlayedVs=0&Park=0&SortField=Strikeouts&SortDir=desc&MinPA=1&MinDEC=0&MinG=0&MinGS=0&MinCG=0&MinGF=0&MinW=0&MinL=0&MinSV=0&MinSHO=0&MinH=0&MinR=0&MinER=0&MinHR=0&MinBB=0&MinK=0&MinHP=0&MinBK=0&MinWP=0 …pic.twitter.com/j6Cj0wRAvI
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Why was he not called up longer?
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