This article is an adaptation from The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn and the Pitching Duel of the ... at the plate in "one amazing motion," according to the San Francisco ...

From the ninth inning on, Juan Marichal pleaded with his manager, Alvin Dark, to stay in the game. Why shouldn't he keep pitching? Marichal, the Giants right-hander with the high leg kick ...

Juan Marichal’s manager told him he ... I started to throw overhand,” Marichal says. “And with the pitching style I had to learn, it was impossible to do without kicking my leg.

He was growing up in San Francisco when Juan Marichal was at the top of the rotation ... Price, a lefty who pitched at Cal and spent six years pitching in the minor leagues, never threw the ...

On July 2, 1963, Juan Marichal pitched ... Giants right-hander Matt Cain said. Marichal vs. Spahn at Candlestick Park remains among baseball”s greatest pitching duels — two Hall of Famers ...

You don't see a lot of pitchers throw a ball like Luis Tiant or Juan Marichal ... when violent pitching motions are discussed, but honestly, I don't really see it. Yes, his arm motion is a bit ...

Juan Marichal’s final game with Dodgers Marichal retired one month after signing with the Dodgers. His final game was April 16, 1975, in a start against the Cincinnati Reds .

Hall of Fame pitcher Juan ... pitching elsewhere, which included his final season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the previous year with the Boston Red Sox. On April 16, 1975, the 37-year-old ...