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Wed Feb 14, 2007, 04:16pm

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Originally Posted by SWFLguy

Quite the showman for sure. I called the plate for an exhibition game of the King and His Court back around 1980. He was probably a fireballer in his younger days, but did not have all that much velocity when I saw him.
Placement ? -- for sure.
RIP Eddie !

I remember a chat room Q&A with Eddie in the late 1990s. Someone asked him how hard he threw "now." His answer, "I still throw as hard as ever. The ball just doesn't go as fast."

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