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Article: Wild man.
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- Highlights for Children
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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Nicknames get slapped on guys for crazy reasons. Flash Jackson is the slowest kid on our block. Tiny Morgan towered over his mom before he'd turned eleven.
But Wild Man's nickname was perfectly legit. Whenever he pitched, at least one out of three of his fastballs sailed into a new time zone. Stats Jergens claimed that the odds of getting drilled by one of Wild Man's pitches were about as good as the odds of a Doberman wanting a steak.
Actually hitting one of Wild Man's fastballs wasn't an option. The kid threw some serious heat, even for a twelve-year-old. Most of us squeezed our eyes shut and prayed for survival. Very few of us bothered to swing. ...