1910 It was a noteworthy publicity stunt. With the White Sox in Washington, D.C., catcher Billy Sullivan caught a ball tossed off of the top of the Washington Monument from pitcher Ed Walsh. Sullivan caught three balls in 11 attempts, with each ball whistling down 555 feet at faster than 100 mph.

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TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy KNOW THINE ENEMY: South Side Sox I can’t quite express the way my eyes lit up when the Twins announced that Mick Abel would be starting tonight. It had much less to do with Abel — intriguing though