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Way O.T. trivia questions


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Since this is "down time" for most Husker sports, I thought these trivia questions were too good not to share. Anyone care to guess? 1. The same pitcher threw Babe Ruth his last pitch in an organized major league game as a Yankee and Jackie Robinson his first pitch as a Brooklyn Dodger. Who was he? 2. Ted Williams only asked one player to ever autograph a baseball. Who was that player?

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Answers 1. Johnny Sain 2. Babe Ruth. July 28, 1943  in a fundraiser for the War, a team of Navy recruits known as the "Cloudbuster Nine" played a team of Yankee/Indian stars in Yankee Stadium. Sain pitched to Ruth who was the manager for the all stars and he walked in his final appearance. At the game Williams asked Babe to sign a baseball, the only time he ever asked anyone to do that.  Source: Anne Keene, author of the book "Cloudbuster Nine".  She gave an interview in the NY Times on July 28,2018 with this information.  See the LJS for a review of her book if interested.   

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