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Johnny Bench was the answer to a question during the Reds radio broadcast yesterday. It asked who had 12 career home runs versus Steve Carlton. Carlton would be the Hall of Famer that Johnny had the most success against.
JB had more than 100+ career PA's against seven different pitchers. Four HOF...... Phil Niekro, Steve Carlton, Gaylord Perry, Don Sutton, and non- HOF Jerry Reuss and Joe Niekro are six of them.
The seventh pitcher is the one JB struggled the most against with a career .178 BA.
Who was this LaPorte, Ind native and 1968 All Star pitcher for the Atlanta Braves?
On this date in Reds history HOF Ed Rousch was ejected from the game for sleeping.
During a long argument between Reds' skipper Pat Moran and the umpire.... Rousch decided to lay down and subsequently fell asleep. When the arguement ended there lay Rousch fast asleep. The already aggravated umpire ejected Rousch for delaying the game when team mates were unable to quickly wake him up.
I know how Ed Rousch must have felt. Every time they go to the umpire review I also feel like taking a nap.