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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:01 PM
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Baseball Trivia...name the the last player....
To legally throw a spitball in a major league baseball game!!!
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:02 PM
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1.  Burleigh Grimes
Edited on Wed Jul-13-05 12:03 PM by auntAgonist
Brooklyn Dodgers 1920
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:03 PM
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2. Ding Ding...right off the bat!!!
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:04 PM
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3. I LOVE baseball :)
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:05 PM
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5. Ol' Grimey
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:04 PM
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4. I have no idea but.....
The practice was outlawed in the early 1920's or so but those pitchers that had made the spitball their livelihood were allowed to continue to throw it until they retired or something like that.

There were like 20 or so people from the AL and NL that were allowed to do it.

But, hey, I could be wrong.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 12:06 PM
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6. You are right...Burleigh Grimes
Was the last player grandfathered in to still throw the spitter. He played his last game in 1934.
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