"You can't hit what you can't see."
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As quoted in "Johnson's Great Speed Dazzles Pirate Hitters" by Damon Runyon, The San Francisco Examiner (October 8, 1925), p. 33 Ever since its mention in Runyon's syndicated column, Bodie has been frequently been cited as the first to apply this truism directly to Johnson. However, as early as May 8, 1912, was quoted doing so.
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Ping Bodie
1911 – 1914
(October 8, 1887 – December 17, 1961), born Francesco Stephano Pezzolo, was a in who played for the (1911–1914), (1917) and (1919–1921). Bodie batted and threw right-handed. He was born in San Francisco.
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