Word: pitchin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brother Paul ("Daffy"), led the Gashouse Gang to the pennant; the brothers won two games apiece as the Cards took the World Series. Compulsively impish, Dean approached the Boston Braves' bench before one game and announced with characteristic corn-pone bravado: "I ain't pitchin' no curves today, boys." True to his word, he then "fogged over" nothing but fastballs, pitching a three-hit shutout. Dean's brilliant career was prematurely curtailed by injuries, and he retired in 1941 with a record of 150 wins against 83 losses. Later he became a highly popular broadcaster...