by Pat McManamonFiled under: Indians
A real natural existed before Roy Hobbs was a creation in a filmmaker's mind. A guy who learned to pitch throwing into a makeshift backstop with his father on the family farm in Iowa. A guy who would achieve greatness in baseball and willingly sacrifice some of that greatness for his country.
Bob Feller was an original, special on the mound, priceless off it. He mowed down hitters with his ferocious fastball and high leg kick, and attacked issues and topics away from the game the same way. Like all of us, Feller was made of many parts. But unlike most of us, Feller's pieces were not soft-edged or beveled. Feller was the way he pitched -- forceful, fast and firm.
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