This kid just hit a 495 foot homerun. I've never seen anything like this.
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Big strike zone. Maybe he's the real thing, maybe pitchers will find his weakness. Hell of a start, though.
Marshall, where the heck did this freak matriculate?
Lions DE Anthony Zettel throws 94 mph after not touching a baseball for 9 years
Link:http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2017/06/lions_de_anthony_zettel_throws.html
ALLEN PARK -- Golden Tate was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 42nd round of the 2007 baseball draft, then again by the San Francisco Giants in the 50th round in 2010.
So one would think he'd be the most impressive player at the Detroit Lions' charity softball game hosted by Sam Martin and Haloti Ngata on Saturday at Wayne State University.
But Anthony Zettel stole the show.
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I understand it may not last. I've been watching baseball for 60 years.......never seen anything like this kid when he gets his pitch. I'm afraid he may hurt a pitcher the way the ball comes off his bat. I'm 100 serious.
Maybe the young man will get booed by the fans like Richie Allen.
"Allen hit a home run off the Cardinals' Ray Washburn in 1965 which he cleared Connie Mack Stadium's left center field roof Coke sign. That home run, an estimated 529-footer, inspired Willie Stargell to say: "Now I know why they (the Phillies fans) boo Richie all the time. When he hits a home run, there's no souvenir."
Richie Allen. Very talented and very strange dude. Saw him play at old Connie Mack around 69 and he was scratching messages into the dirt with his spikes. He had a favorite stool at a bar right outside of Doylestown.....can't remember the name. He could be found there after most home games. Those were the good old days.
Only 402' on his 2nd HR today. I knew it couldn't last.
Would love to see this kid at DE - tearing tom brady's arm off.
Would love to see this kid at DE - tearing tom brady's arm off.
Yes, I saw Mantle play. I saw the one that hit the upper facade and would have left the stadium. The Mick was about 6 ft and 190.
I didn't realize who you were talking about, so I googled .....I don't follow the pros, all sports, much as I did when I younger. Cool that he's a NYY. I'll have to send this to my son in law in Alabama, he and his family are Yank fans. He , daughter any family left for home this morning flying from Philly, so he probably hasn't be listening to the game.
Those bygone days.......cigarettes & booze for the boys of summer.STEROIDS.CORK.
Truth or fiction: I remember reading a story about Dick Allen that claimed he injured himself (maybe cut his wrists or hands?) pushing his Cadillac up a hill. It was obviously a long time ago, and my old memory gets a kick out of playing games with me. Is that tale true?
Its true, but my memory is that it was an old chevy long time ago.
Oops just googled it. It was 67 and he was pushing a 10 year old Ford he was driving that went dead in a rain storm.
I jet watched the Oriole series with the Yankees. The most impressive thing about him is the strike zone discipline. He is not swinging at the low outside pitch as he did last year so he is not striking out at the rate he was doing. He is just big and athletic and impressive and now protected by a line up that is also on fire.
Marshall, I would believe your memory over mine on this one. I don't know where the "Cadillac" part entered my head ... neither my family nor I ever owned one to confuse me.
Thanks for affirming the story.
Thanks for affirming the story.
Bob Prince loved Wampum Richie Allen. And I recall the interview after the injury. It was a rainy night, the car stalled and Richie was pushing to get it off the road - hand slipped and went thru the headlight.
Wampum was also home to the infamous "Reverend Shambach" whose "prayer cloths" would perform miracles, get you money, cure cancer and regrow limbs all for a donation above 20 bucks. It was a small stand of homes on your way to New Castle before parkways and expressways. You could take the TP to Elwood City I think and get off there.
My favorite Shambach tale...a "poor family" bought one of his prayer cloths. They needed a vehicle so they went to see a "miserly farmer" who thought he cheated them by selling them a ramshackle pick up truck. Naturally, the truck broke down as the "poor family" drove home. While trying to get it started, the poor husband reached into a pile of grease next to the carb. The poor guy pulls the grease out and finds five grand the miser forgot he had hidden there.
Shambach sez "God punished that greedy farmer".
LMAO to this day over that. Used to listen to him on a Christian station for laughs.
When I was a kid, I remember a cartoon on the sports page of the Cleveland Indians centerfielder, sitting in the bleachers in Cleveland Stadium waiting for Mantle to bat. Evidently, the day before Mantle hit two homers into the bleachers, over 500 feet. Figured that was his only chance to make a play. LOL.
He sure looks like the real thing. He also appears to be more than a hitter. Kid does everything well - both on & off the field, at least thus far. Hopefully being the next big thing (well... bigger than the next big thing both literally and figuratively) doesn't mess him up.
Richie Allen/Dick Allen played basketball for Wampum. They won the PIAA class B championship in 1959. His brother was the star of the team. I believe he played for the Washington Senators. The Wampum team was the covered by either Life or Look magazine. They beat Columbia out of Lancaster County.
For you Allen fans, great story about Allen and Jim Ray Hart battling for the batting title in the minors. JRH decided to meet Allen at a bar and throw him off his game as a result of late night drinking escapade. Jimmy Ray should have done his research first.
Two things you never got past Crash - a high fastball and a fast highball.
Two things you never got past Crash - a high fastball and a fast highball.
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Yeah, Wampum was a power in high school basketball, with talented players like Allen, but mostly because of the coaching of Butler Hennon.
http://lawrencecountymemoirs.com/lcmpages/171/coach-l-butler-hennon-wampum-pa
"The basketball team initially played on the second floor gym in the old Opera House building in Wampum, until a new school gymnasium was opened in 1942. Under his tutelage the Wampum Indians, often drawing from class of only fifty-sixty male students, began a string of successes in the 1940’s against much larger schools.
The small school achieved widespread fame in the 1950’s when Hennon and the Indians became an international sensation of sorts. Hennon’s unusual practice techniques, which featured his players wearing weighted jackets, heavy gloves, thick boots, and special glasses to improve their skills, paid off during their games. The story of the Wampum High’s basketball team was featured in many national publications, including a cover story in Life magazine in January 1958. Some of Hennon’s techniques were subsequently adopted by the Olympic basketball team of the Soviet Union.
The Indians won twelve straight section championships at one point. They won three Class B state championships from 1955 to 1960, including going 31-0 and winning it all in 1955. Butler Hennon’s high-scoring son, Don Hennon, led the team that year as a senior and went to star at the University of Pittsburgh. He turned down a career as a professional basketball player to become a doctor and surgeon. Hennon’s 1958 championship team featured his other son Bill and three of the athletic Allen brothers of Wampum, including future major league baseball star Dick Allen. The 1960 team also won the state championship. The basketball players were worshipped as heroes by the residents of Wampum and Hennon amassed an overall record of 514-146 during his reign there.
The illustrious history of Wampum High came to an end with the decision to merge into the Ellwood City School District for the 1961-62 school year."
Richie Allen was my favorite player growing up. Saw him hit a homer past the top of the centerfield flag pole vs Cubs In 66 or 67 and out of the stadium. It was a walk off in the 12th. Was at game with little league. I believe it is one of the longest home runs ever at Connie Mack.
Went to see him in 1970 when he returned with Cardinals and he hit two long homers. One off the coke sign on top off left field bleachers. Bob Gibson struck out 16 that night. His regular season high.
Went to see him in 1970 when he returned with Cardinals and he hit two long homers. One off the coke sign on top off left field bleachers. Bob Gibson struck out 16 that night. His regular season high.
Richie often scratched Coke in the dirt signifying the Coke sign on the left field roof. I was at at Phils-Cubs night game around 1969 when Richie hit a line drive over the fence in center field at Connie Mack, hitting the batting cage that was kept there. 447' to dead center IIRC and the ball was hit on a line with little arc. It was amazing. Richie's bat was 40ozs., IIRC once again.
Was that a night double header with the Cubs? If it was it might have been the same homer I described above. But I was a soph in HS so it had to be '69 or '70.
I've seen him numerous times playing for the AAA Railriders. If you look at his minor league stats they are barely impressive. Could be the bats behind him in the majors are giving him protection or he's been working on his craft in the off season.
Most impressive thing is he is hitting .344 so it's not all or nothing. Tremendous improvement over last season. Matt Holiday seems to have taken him under his wing and has helped a great deal. Holiday has been a great addition to the Yankees and I believe he is responsible for many of the players improvement. Judge seems to be adjusting to every pitching change they throw at him. He's awfully good in the field, shockingly fast and has a terrific arm. Dealing with a knee replacement recently I have watched a lot of Yankee baseball. It may not last but Judge looks like the real deal. He also answers every question correctly always going back to team. Seems like a really good kid.
The games I recall were in the summer of 1969. I had just completed spring ball and my first year of college. I was working a summer recreation job at Lower Moreland HS. As an aside, on afternoon I looked up Bobby Schantz who ran a little soft ice cream and burger joint in the area. Not a very big guy. But it was a thrill to meet him. In those days he would flip a burger or make a shake for you. Many of his gold gloves were on display.
Anyway my brother and I went to see the Phils play the Braves in a twilight DH. I believe Aaron hit his 500 HR that summer and we wanted to see him play again. Richie Allen was very unhappy in Phillie by that time.
