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Walter Big Train Johnson

THE BIG TRAIN IS A COMING. HE'S STEAMING IN TOWARDS TOWN. ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN. HE'LL MOW SOME BATTERS DOWN. NOW WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL. WHEN BASEBALL WAS THE GAME. A LEGENDARY PITCHER. WHO RESIDES IN THE HALL OF FAME. HE WAS SAID TO HAVE A FASTBALL THAT HISSED AS IT PASSED BY. ACCORDING TO OLE TY COBB AND I DON'T BELIEVE HE'D LIE. HE STRUCK OUT MANY BATTERS THE MOST OF IN HIS TIME. TAKE THE TIME TO READ HIS STATS. THEY'LL BLOW AWAY YOUR MIND. ONE CAN JUST IMAGINE. STANDING AT THE PLATE. THINKING YOU CAN HIT THE PITCH. JUST END UP SWINGING LATE. WHEN IT COMES TO SHUTOUTS. IT SURE MIGHT CROSS YOUR MIND. HE TIED OR LED THE A.L. A RECORD SEVEN TIMES. TALK ABOUT HIS EARNED RUNS. THAT NUMBER SEEMS TO GLOW. TWO POINT SEVENTEEN MY FRIEND. IN CASE YOU DID NOT KNOW. TALKING ABOUT WALTER JOHNSON. THE GREATEST OF HIS TIME. HIS LEGENDARY DAYS OF PLAY IS WHAT MAKES BASEBALL SHINE. 06032020.

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