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🗓️ 24 October 2017
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Saul's nephew kept a secret his entire career - you could do that back then.
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0:27.8 | Premierin.com. This is the way I heard. |
0:37.9 | Saul Venzur had pitched himself into a jam. After eight scoreless innings he began the ninth by |
0:44.8 | giving up two hits and a walk. Now the bases were loaded with no outs and Saul was cursing the |
0:52.0 | umpire over a ball that clearly should have been a strike. Put a siego! In those days you could call |
0:58.2 | the umpire a blind whore. That's how the game was played. Saul stepped off the mound, grabbed a |
1:04.4 | handful of dirt and twisted the baseball between his giant hands. In the stands his handy cap nephew |
1:11.7 | watched his every move. Saul called his eye and gave him a wink. No problemo. |
1:17.0 | Then he turned his attention to the visitor's dugout where the opposing team shouted encouragement |
1:23.4 | to their batter. Wait for your pitch Alejandro. He's got nothing. Little man, little arm. At six foot |
1:29.6 | five there was nothing little about Saul including his ego. Or a yelled Saul. The umpire raised both |
1:38.1 | arms and called time. Saul's nephew watched his uncle stroll toward the opposing dugout where he |
1:45.9 | addressed the now silent players. Five dollars says I end this game without giving up a single run. |
1:52.6 | Any takers? In those days you could make a friendly wager in the minor leagues. That's how the game |
1:58.9 | was played. Like Saul the migrant workers on the opposing team weren't flush with cash. But the odds |
2:06.8 | were just too good to resist. So they pulled their money. They made their wager and then they watched |
2:13.2 | in horror as Saul struck out the side. Final score. Santa Barbara merchants. One. Oxnard aces. |
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