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    Mandrake the Magician trivia question

    His dad seems to have been a pretty good hitter too: what unusual feat did he accomplish?

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    Don's dad, Walter, playing back in the 1920s, hit the first pitch he saw for a home run.
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    Quote Originally Posted by penncentralpete View Post
    Don's dad, Walter, playing back in the 1920s, hit the first pitch he saw for a home run.
    Give that man a suit!

    Walter Mueller was the first major league ballplayer to do that, in fact. The pitcher was some guy named Grover Cleveland Alexander, by the way ....

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