King Carl Hubbell

King Carl Hubbell

King Carl Hubbell
as told to
John P. Carmichael

"King Carl" Hubbell was one of the most efficient lefthanders
in the majors, and to prove it the records show he won 253 and lost 154 in sixteen years with the New York Giants. Born at Carthage, Missouri, on June 22, 1903, he started his baseball career with Cushing, Oklahoma, in 1923. Hubbell mastered the screwball to the point where it was compared to the fadeaway of the immortal Christy Mathewson.

This is an email I received from Carl Hubbell's family.  I feel its worthy of displaying as we enter into the All Star Break.

It Takes More Than Balls: The Savvy Girls' Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Baseball (Paperback)

by Deidre Silva (Author), Jackie Koney (Author)

CAL RIPKEN, JR. said . . .
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"...it is a guide to the intricacies and history of the game that every woman should have, and frankly some men too... It likely will go down as a keeper. After all, it may be that death and taxes are the only certainties in life, but mothers, sons, daughters, and Little League are next in line..."
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Alexander Joy Cartwright IV

To purchase, “IT TAKES MORE THAN BALLS”, please go to:

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My friend Leo Paneta publishes a daily report on historical events in baseball history.  This is an excellent source for daily trivia and for those pesky research reports one has to do in High School.

Clic here for  "This Day in Baseball History"

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