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Originally Posted by LansdowneSt
Newspapers across the nation carried a story in 1908 about a young lady who proclaimed to the handsome, square-jawed, southpaw pitcher of the Dayton Vets, “If you strike him out, I’ll marry you.” The pitcher was Earl Yingling, in his second year of professional ball, the young lady was Georgeana Florine Sausser from Lebanon, Ohio. Whether the event actually occurred is irrelevant, it made great press, even finding its way into Sporting Life. - SABR
In the majors, he went 25-34 over five years with a career 3.22 ERA. He would later fall through a crack in time, emerging as an actor in the 2010's performing such roles as Elliot in "Mr. Robot" and the villain in the current James Bond movie. Seriously, tell me he isn't a spitting image of Rami Malek.
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Only their Android mother could tell them apart...
I didn't want to tell you this and leave you susceptible to accusations of playing favourites, but Earl was one of the key factors in your Red Sox' revival in '11. He went 23-13 with a 2.93 ERA and 5.5 WAR in his debut season and only the game's abject opposition to giving the award to pitchers kept him from winning the AL RoY.