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Reading a story in the print edition of Sports Illustrated (the baseball preview) on pitchers hitting and the probability that this is the last year you'll see it in the N.L. with a new CBA forthcoming at some point.
Former Sox pitcher Jim Kaat was quoted in the story and it also talked about former Sox relief pitcher Terry Forster.
His lifetime average is .397! It is the highest all-time for a pitcher who played at least 15 seasons and had at least 50 at-bats.
I remember watching on TV a game against the Twins at Comiskey Park. Terry faked a bunt and ripped a line shot off the leg of Minnesota's third baseman. The ball was hit so hard it rebounded into the Sox dugout.
As an aside, when I co-hosted the 40th anniversary celebration for Dick Allen and the 1972 White Sox, I had the chance to spend time with Tom Bradley and "Goose" Gossage at the bar at the Drake Hotel. I asked them who had the best arm between Gossage, Forster and Bart Johnson, the young relief pitchers who could throw a ball 100 miles per hour and put the fear of God in hitters.
Gossage immediately said Forster not only had the best arm among the three but the best arm he ever saw on a pitcher in his big league career.
Former Sox pitcher Jim Kaat was quoted in the story and it also talked about former Sox relief pitcher Terry Forster.
His lifetime average is .397! It is the highest all-time for a pitcher who played at least 15 seasons and had at least 50 at-bats.
I remember watching on TV a game against the Twins at Comiskey Park. Terry faked a bunt and ripped a line shot off the leg of Minnesota's third baseman. The ball was hit so hard it rebounded into the Sox dugout.
As an aside, when I co-hosted the 40th anniversary celebration for Dick Allen and the 1972 White Sox, I had the chance to spend time with Tom Bradley and "Goose" Gossage at the bar at the Drake Hotel. I asked them who had the best arm between Gossage, Forster and Bart Johnson, the young relief pitchers who could throw a ball 100 miles per hour and put the fear of God in hitters.
Gossage immediately said Forster not only had the best arm among the three but the best arm he ever saw on a pitcher in his big league career.
Old timers! 
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