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<blockquote class="Quote"><div>JATX said:</div><div>I used to love to watch Charlie Hough pitch when I was a kid. I got his autograph at a game once and, upon meeting him close up,I liked him more because he seemed like a regular guy who just happened to be able to throw nasty knuckle balls.</div></blockquote>
	 
	Ever see this poem from Bill James? (1987 Baseball Abstract): 
	 
	"Casey Chases a Knuckler" 
	 
	Rough, tough, Charlie Hough 
	All eight innings had his stuff 
	Floating light from Charlie's cuff 
	Breaking late and just enough 
	To keep the scoreboard bare. 
	 
	And yet, the Mudville fans did dare 
	To hope that foul would soon turn fair. 
	A single here, an error there, 
	Casey stood on deck and glared 
	At rough, tough Charlie Hough. 
	 
	Casey snorted, loud and gruff, 
	"I'll knock that busher on his duff. 
	Bring him on, I'll call his bluff; 
	How dare he aim that piece of fluff 
	At Casey's mighty stick?" 
	 
	A home run now would tie it quick. 
	Charlie gave his wrist a flick; 
	Casey took a mighty lick. 
	The hearts of Mudville landed sick; 
	Just three pitches did the trick 
	From rough, tough, Charlie Hough.

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