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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 3080304, member: 716"]
That's sad, Al Jackson died. [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/sports/baseball/al-jackson-dead.html?fbclid=IwAR3DCJ5yBh-iXwNq1uHc_gIvZ-S-KmUi61PiEdBFMNAtNMY1WqXxNaZVrzQ"]Al Jackson, Pitching Star of Woeful 1960s Mets, Is Dead at 83[/URL]

This is an incredible paragraph, though:
"Jackson’s most remarkable outing came at the Polo Grounds, the Mets’ home for their first two seasons, when he went all 15 innings against the Philadelphia Phillies, throwing 215 pitches, on the afternoon of Aug. 14, 1962. He gave up just six hits but lost, 3-1, when the Phils rallied for a pair of runs after a two-base error by [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/25/obituaries/marv-throneberry-60-ex-met-had-best-year-in-team-s-worst.html?module=inline']first baseman Marv Throneberry[/URL], known derisively as Marvelous Marv for his fielding and baserunning mishaps. "

215 pitches.

6-hit ball over 15! innings.

And an L. Because Marv Throneberry, of course.

All this is missing is an incoherent Casey Stengel quote. Classic Mets.

(BTW, baseball was better before guys in the dugout cared about pitch counts. And before guys in the front office had the guys in the dugout on puppet strings.)
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