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Originally posted by Trinity
Furthermore, I do remember Otis Nixon, and yes he was fast.
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I ran into him one night at a Greenville Braves game. It was a fairly slow night and he was sitting in the stands doing scout work. There was no one in the seats near him so I had a seat.
After about 3 or 4 minutes I turned to him, "You know what I saw one time?" He looked at me like you would expect, a look some where between comtempt and sympathy for the ignorant rube that was disturbing him. I said, "I saw a man steal six bases in one game." He grinned real big, I guess because he realize I was a fan. I only have one autographed ball in my house. It is from him.
(When he tied the record with six stolen bases, he stole second and third the first three times he got on base. He got on base a forth time, but the game situation called for less agressive base running so he didn't "try" again.)