I grew up in Philadelphia and was a baseball fan as a young boy. I remember Glen Gorbous. The great bulk of his Phillie at bats were in 1955, when I was in 4th grade. To this day, I was completely unaware of his throwing ability. This is a very interesting fact to add to a name that was part of my trivial knowledge of baseball (and specifically Philadelphia Phillies baseball) history.
I can just imagine how thrilled teams would be to have a "long throw" competition at the all-star game, having one of their players ruin their arm trying to win that trophy. You know it would eventually happen so I don't think that's something we'll ever see.
I gotta call you on this, in a competition between Glen Gorbous, Don Grate and Rocky Colovito, Colovito threw a baseball 456 ft, nobody but nobody has come close.
I saw Colovito play once at Yankee stadium. I have never seen arms like his on a human made Popeye look like a little girl not surprised he could throw a baseball that far. Would have liked to see how far he could throw a shot put.
Are the rules when the ball stops moving? Like if I throw it and it lands and rolls for 20 yd do I get that extra 20 yd? Just wondering because if you were smart, you could throw the ball from the top of a hill of the street and let the ball roll for a mile hahaha
I grew up in Philadelphia and was a baseball fan as a young boy. I remember Glen Gorbous. The great bulk of his Phillie at bats were in 1955, when I was in 4th grade. To this day, I was completely unaware of his throwing ability. This is a very interesting fact to add to a name that was part of my trivial knowledge of baseball (and specifically Philadelphia Phillies baseball) history.
@@robbiefrantz8170 that's amazing. Sadly didn't get a chance to play in the majors much
There were only 16 teams then, so there were fewer roster spots. A .238 hitter (his career MLB batting average) might stay in the league longer today.
Oh that Hornus Wagner. What are we gonna do with him?
@@Dominos-el7qr make is card worth millions
I can just imagine how thrilled teams would be to have a "long throw" competition at the all-star game, having one of their players ruin their arm trying to win that trophy. You know it would eventually happen so I don't think that's something we'll ever see.
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@@drobson8004 thanks for the kind word
I gotta call you on this, in a competition between Glen Gorbous, Don Grate and Rocky Colovito, Colovito threw a baseball 456 ft, nobody but nobody has come close.
I saw Colovito play once at Yankee stadium. I have never seen arms like his on a human made Popeye look like a little girl not surprised he could throw a baseball that far. Would have liked to see how far he could throw a shot put.
Are the rules when the ball stops moving? Like if I throw it and it lands and rolls for 20 yd do I get that extra 20 yd? Just wondering because if you were smart, you could throw the ball from the top of a hill of the street and let the ball roll for a mile hahaha
@@mikewood8561 no it's wear the ball lands. Like how they measure homeruns