Warren Spahn
22 July 2008
ks to watch two future Hall-of-Famers take their warm-up tosses in their respective bullpens. Warren Spahn, the crafty veteran, the 42-year-old former Cy Young Award winner and World Series champion, who had been everywhere and done everything, had seen Babe Ruth out-homer entire teams, had kept tabs on Joe DiMaggio's hit streak, and had out-dueled countless contenders. Juan Marichal, the spry, young 25-year-old up-and-comer, who had pitched his way out of the Dominican Republic, had brushed back many a slugger, backed down to no one, and struck out more hitters than he could count. Spahn and Marichal: separated by a generation, a life experience, and two chalk lines--but linked forever by the interminable will they each portrayed on that summer day.
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