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I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
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Yankees
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