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QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Recent commentators such as Bill James have suggested that Waddell suffered from a developmental disability, mental retardation, autism, or attention deficit disorder (ADD). Not much was known about these mental conditions, or their diagnoses, at the time.

the man who chased firetrucks during a major league baseball game has autism?! shocked I tell you

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QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

. But in a league game in Detroit, Waddell actually had his outfielders come in close and sit down on the grass to watch him strike out the side

he wanted his friends to watch him do a trick 😭😭😭😭

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- QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  Mack offered Waddell a three-day fishing vacation if he agreed to pitch the second game. After Waddell threw a complete-game shutout for the victory, he headed to Pewaukee Lake to go fishing.
  
  omg they bribed him with fishing to work for them that’s so cuteee
  
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  - QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    istg this would be me if ADHD medicine didn’t exist
    
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eah@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Little did anybody know that Bill was actually a dog in a human body.

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- driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  There’s no rule about dogs playing baseball, afawk, it could be an actual dog.
  
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