Brownian Motion Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 Steve Dalkowski met Roger Maris once. It did not take long — “three straight pitches,” Dalkowski recalled, through the blur of 46 very hard years. They were legends when they met under the lights at a minor league stadium in Miami on March 22, 1963. Maris was a legend for having hit a record 61 homers in 1961; Dalkowski was a legend for being perhaps the fastest pitcher ever. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/sports/b...l/19vecsey.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 what an amazing story - I was a big baseball fan in those years, but do not remember him. Shades of Herb Score - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Also written up in the LA Times by filmmaker Ron Shelton: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dalkow...0,5571688.story The person holding the photo of Dalkowski is Terry Cannon, who founded Filmforum, the organization that I now run. He runs the Baseball Reliquary. www.baseballreliquary.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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