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What a Coincidence: We Need a Medium-Fast Bowler
2004-02-27 21:17
"From the Cricket Field to Dodger Stadium?" asks Jason Wilder of mysteryandmisery.com in the subject line of his e-mail to me today. The article is from Australia's ABC Sport. A ROOKIE South Australian cricketer who has never watched a baseball match has been identified as a potential US Major League pitcher. Chris Duval pitched a baseball for the first time at Adelaide Oval yesterday, clocking a speed and displaying a style that impressed talent scout and former New York Yankees player Pat Kelly. But the 192cm youngster has learned he can pitch a ball at 137 km/h and could have a career in baseball. Kelly, who scouts for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was alerted to his talent by SA fielding coach Nathan Davison. Duval's first pitches clocked up to 137 km/h - or 85 mph, compared with about 90 mph from major league pitchers - "which is fantastic, taking into consideration that he'd never done it before." Among other things, I wonder how they arrived at that figure of $38 million. Random, no?
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