Friday, June 23, 2023

Rick Wise!

On this day in 1971, Rick Wise had what is arguably the single greatest game in baseball - or any sport? - when he threw a no-hitter and hit not one but TWO home runs. Yowza!

Wait there's more - AND this feat was chronicled in my favorite song by my favorite rock supergroup!! (side note - let's not forget how bad a backup singer Pete Buck must be - I mean, I can understand R.E.M. not letting him sing, but a fun supergroup of his buddies in which he plays bass and they sing songs about baseball, and even THEN they don't even put a mic on his side of the stage? In a word: WOW.)

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