He's old, he's jaded, he's a baseball scout. He thinks today's players aren't shit compared to Home Run Baker and Three-Finger Brown. He spews out so many old baseball names you're not sure if they're real or made up. He mentions obscure nicknames as if they're common knowledge. And more often than not, he'll start spinning a yarn about some guy he (supposedly) once saw rather than answer your original question. So who better to ask about Washington Nationals pitching phenom, Stephen Strasburg? < " I don't think he's in the same class as [presumably retired pitcher] Ezekiel Pratt. The Amish Horse. " On Strasburg's Arm... " Decent arm. I'd probably even go as far as to call it a good arm. But I don't think he's in the same class as [presumably retired pitcher] Ezekiel Pratt. The Amish Horse. Big Zeke . Pratt once raised a barn one morning, then went out and pitched both games of a d...
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