Rounding third and headed for home

November 16, 2007 5:20 AM

The Old Left-Hander's headed home. Joe Nuxhall was the youngest player in Major League Baseball when he stepped up to the plate at age 15, but his real contribution came later, in the Cincinnati Reds broadcast booth, alongside Marty Brennaman. "...the personification of everything that is good about baseball and, of course, the Redlegs," the Old Left-Hander is dead at age 79.
posted by tizzie (9 comments total)

Joe's on the ballot for a Frick Award. You can vote, here.

Joe's son, Phil, is the historian for Spring Grove Cemetery, probably the most beautiful garden in Cincinnati. I imagine that the old left-hander will rest there.
posted by tizzie at 5:29 AM on November 16, 2007

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posted by dpx.mfx at 5:37 AM on November 16, 2007

when he stepped up to the plate at age 15

That should probably be "stepped on the mound," being he was a pitcher and all.

Rounding third and headed for home.

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posted by dw at 6:58 AM on November 16, 2007

Pitchers bat, too, dw - but point taken.
posted by tizzie at 7:04 AM on November 16, 2007

And don't start with me about the DH!
posted by tizzie at 7:05 AM on November 16, 2007

I remember drifting off to sleep in the summer as my dad listened to Marty and Joe call the game in the other room.

Thanks for the memories Joe.
posted by Mick at 7:20 AM on November 16, 2007

From the third link:

Over a 10-year stretch from 1953 through 1962, Nuxhall batted .225 (119-for-528) with 15 home runs. He hit three in each of his first three full Reds seasons.

Looks like he did pretty well for a pitcher when he stepped to the mound too.
posted by octothorpe at 7:31 AM on November 16, 2007

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posted by cashman at 8:41 AM on November 16, 2007

Looks like he did pretty well for a pitcher when he stepped to the mound too.

Don't you mean "stepped to the plate"?
posted by (bb|[^b]{2}) at 11:41 AM on November 16, 2007