The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit! -Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
R. Ventura is the only MLB-player to get 7 hits off of Nolan Ryan in one game :p
The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit! -Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
Nolan Ryan was and is a cattle rancher, I saw his cattle herd's genetic core represented at the Fort Worth Stock Show last winter. Robin Ventura got a lesson in 'cow-punching' from The Man.....
The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit! -Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
"Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide. ~ Gautama Siddhartha The Buddha
Nolan should have been ejected. That was no wild pitch. If it would have hit him in the head it could have killed him. I would have charged the mound too, and would have taken out the old man.
"on 5/18/07 at a Jim Rome tour stop in Arlington, TX, Nolan Ryan recounted how Ventura was only the third person to ever come to the mound (McCovey and Winfield the79; others). He said he was relieved it was a smaller guy. Rome also asked if Ventura ever apologized for bruising Ryan's fist with his face. " :p
The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit! -Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941