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YankeeLinks · 01-25-2003, 04:41 PM

I just learned a baseball term that I hadn't encountered before. What's a "radio ball"?

Skip · 01-25-2003, 04:47 PM

Sounds like something they used to give away when you subscribed to Sports Illustrated.

Skip · 01-25-2003, 04:49 PM

Actually though, I think its just another term for a good fastball.

YankeeLinks · 01-25-2003, 05:02 PM

You're on the right track, Skip, but can you elaborate?

Dr. Memory · 01-25-2003, 05:30 PM

So fast you can't see it, you can only hear it hit the catcher's mitt? Just a guess.

Skip · 01-25-2003, 05:57 PM

Can't really elaborate, YL - I just have memory of it meaning a good hard fastball. Not sure where you're going here. And I have no idea where the term comes from.

Max Power · 01-25-2003, 06:05 PM

It's what Roy Sievers called Herb Score's fastball.

Catfish Metkovich also said it about Max Surkont's fastball.

Doc Mem is right.

YankeeLinks · 01-25-2003, 06:11 PM

Good guess, Doc. "You can hear it, but you can't see it."

I just read about it in the new Koufax book by Jane Leavy, which I HIGHLY recommend.

Here's a quote from the same paragraph: "Umpires often can't see where Koufax pitches go, so they have judge from the sound of them hitting the catcher's glove. He's very tough on umps who are hard of hearing."

Who said that?

Dr. Memory · 01-25-2003, 06:17 PM

That sounds like the Ol' Perfesser to me.

YankeeLinks · 01-25-2003, 06:18 PM

Stengel it is. WTG, Doc.

Dr. Memory · 01-25-2003, 06:19 PM

All this talk of a "radio ball" reminds of Joe Morgan's description in Ball Four of a "m-----f------ curve."

01-25-2003, 04:41 PM	#1
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01-25-2003, 06:05 PM	#7
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01-25-2003, 04:47 PM	#2
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Sounds like something they used to give away when you subscribed to Sports Illustrated.

01-25-2003, 04:49 PM	#3
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Actually though, I think its just another term for a good fastball.

01-25-2003, 05:02 PM	#4
YankeeLinks NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Home of 27 World Championships Posts: 2,862	You're on the right track, Skip, but can you elaborate?

01-25-2003, 05:30 PM	#5
Dr. Memory NetShrine Rookie Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: rural Illinois Posts: 57	So fast you can't see it, you can only hear it hit the catcher's mitt? Just a guess.

01-25-2003, 05:57 PM	#6
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Can't really elaborate, YL - I just have memory of it meaning a good hard fastball. Not sure where you're going here. And I have no idea where the term comes from.

01-25-2003, 06:11 PM	#8
YankeeLinks NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Home of 27 World Championships Posts: 2,862	Good guess, Doc. "You can hear it, but you can't see it." I just read about it in the new Koufax book by Jane Leavy, which I HIGHLY recommend. Here's a quote from the same paragraph: "Umpires often can't see where Koufax pitches go, so they have judge from the sound of them hitting the catcher's glove. He's very tough on umps who are hard of hearing." Who said that?

01-25-2003, 06:17 PM	#9
Dr. Memory NetShrine Rookie Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: rural Illinois Posts: 57	That sounds like the Ol' Perfesser to me.

01-25-2003, 06:18 PM	#10
YankeeLinks NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Home of 27 World Championships Posts: 2,862	Stengel it is. WTG, Doc.

01-25-2003, 06:19 PM	#11
Dr. Memory NetShrine Rookie Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: rural Illinois Posts: 57	All this talk of a "radio ball" reminds of Joe Morgan's description in Ball Four of a "m-----f------ curve."

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