Baseball: Chat with a Great Pitcher

The following interview was not heard on any of the major networks—or minor ones either. Indeed, it never took place. But it might have.

Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, here we are in the Los Angeles Dodgers' clubhouse, where teammates are congratulating Don Drysdale, who tonight has made baseball history by pitching his sixth straight shutout, a 5-0 masterpiece against the Pittsburgh Pirates, which now has run Don's streak of scoreless innings to 54, breaking Carl Hubbell's National League record of 46⅓ shutout frames and putting the Hollywood-handsome hurler just two scoreboard zeroes...

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