Talk:Mordecai Brown

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Should someone make a 'In Poular Culture' section because I know he has been mentioned on The Simpsons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.177.70.28 (talk) 07:52, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this idea. I would like to add a second popular culture reference. He is mentioned in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "This Side of Paradise" (1920). He was a very popular figure during his life so there are likely other popular culture references from the 1920s as well.```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadiancommenter (talk • contribs) 17:55, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pulled this from Parke County, Indiana, because it didn't seem appropriate there, but not sure how to fit it into the article here. Anyone want to take a stab at it?

The following article from the 8-28-1908 Rockville Republican provides a sample of his prowess:

Mordecai Brown Pitches Great Game

“Mordecai Brown, our Mordecai, whose career in the national league is watched with the closest interest by every fan in Parke county, pitched his greatest game of the year in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, shutting out the leaders in the National league race, 3 to 0. A telegram from Pittsburgh describing the game, says:

‘The game was Brown’s best of the year. The longer he pitched, the better he got, until towards the finish he actually had the Pirates throwing away their bats or hitting after the ball was in Kling’s hands. His speed was terrific, his command perfect, and his curve ball broke almost at right angles. No team on earth could have beaten him and the pitching feat fills out a record. Brown has now shut out Pittsburgh three straight times. 3 to 0, 2 to 0 and 3 to 0, and the Pirates have beaten him only once in three years, then 1 to 0 when Slagle dropped a fly ball last season and let the winning run score. After the game umpire Johnstone declared he never in his life saw such pitching and that Brown’s curve was so sharp and so fast that it fooled him repeatedly, causing him to call perfect strikes balls.’”

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