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What would we have done without T-ball?

By Jim Caple
Page 2

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Sadly, Jerry Sacharski passed away last week at the age of 93. You've probably never heard of Sacharski, but you know his work. He played a role in some of the worst performances ever seen on a baseball field that do not involve the Pittsburgh Pirates -- he helped pioneer T-ball. T-ball is important because it introduces kids to baseball by shrewdly dispensing with the need for a pitcher when players are too young to: (1) throw a baseball in the strike zone more than once in 30 attempts, and ( ...

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