Some Obscurish facts
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1931 Armed with full catcher's gear and an outsized mitt, Joe Sprinz of the Cleveland Indians caught a baseball dropped 800 ft. from a hovering dirigible. While he handled the ball neatly, the impact created a shock wave through his body that fractured his jaw.
1931 Armed with full catcher's gear and an outsized mitt, Joe Sprinz of the Cleveland Indians caught a baseball dropped 800 ft. from a hovering dirigible. While he handled the ball neatly, the impact created a shock wave through his body that fractured his jaw.