14 Jun 2022 3:23 pm
September 1, 1967: Marathon man Gaylord Perry goes unrewarded in Giants’ 21-inning win – Society for American Baseball Research (sabr.org)Huey » 14 Jun 2022, 2:34 pm » wrote: ↑ Today's players can't master the Vaseline like the did back then
And seriously, they are always getting checked. The umpires are checking them after each inning.
"Gaylord pitched 10 innings or more 31 times".....
and he threw hard, sweating through three jerseys on any typical start.I remember Gaylord Perry back when he was a struggling young pitcher. He went back and forth between AAA and SFG a few times.
When he was finally out of options was when he did a complete "ABOUT FACE" and the rest is history.
His "BREAK OUT GAME" was when he was called in to pitch long relief for the SP [Ron Herbel?] who got injured in the first inning. Gaylord threw a shutout going the distance the rest of the way. I'm just going from memory..but check out the link I provided.
many think this epic performance of his was when he decided to "roll out the greaseball".
Love him or hate him for throwing the SPITTER / GREASE BALL..but he was one of a kind.
He was such a SWEAT HOG [even when he was thin] that he had "natural grease" built up in his cap ready for his next pitch.
The UMPS can't blame a pitcher who needs to wipe the sweat off his brow...can they...?