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Rick Cleveland
03-16-2014, 10:37 AM
Willie was pitch perfect....

http://msfame.com/ricks-writings/the-willieball-mitchell-was-pitch-perfect/
Esmerelda Villalobos
03-16-2014, 10:43 AM
Willie was pitch perfect....

http://msfame.com/ricks-writings/the-willieball-mitchell-was-pitch-perfect/

Great story
jbjones
03-16-2014, 11:04 AM
Facinating. That's a great piece of history, as well as MSU lore. Thanks Rick.
cbrunt29
03-16-2014, 11:35 AM
That's pretty cool
TheRef
03-16-2014, 11:40 AM
Great article and a great piece of history.
preachermatt83
03-16-2014, 01:14 PM
awesome... thanks Rick!
Todd4State
03-16-2014, 02:11 PM
Most people credit Willie Mitchell with being the first pitcher in the South to throw a curveball- which is more than likely what his "Willie Ball" was. The description seems to back that up as well.

And you are correct that he probably didn't get a lot of run support- he pitched in the dead ball era. So, it was not uncommon for pitchers to have really good ERA's and not so great won/loss records.

One thing that you didn't mention was Willie was also the first Mississippian to make it to the Big Leagues.

Ron Polk had him a good one back then.

Great article BTW.
Political Hack
03-16-2014, 02:18 PM
so Mitchell vs Mitchell for best MSU pitcher ever???

great article. thanks Rick.