Help settle a baseball bet

**isucyfan** · 05-16-2010, 09:46 AM

Here's something my brother-in-law and I were debating the other day...maybe someone can help:

Quite a few years ago, Sports Illustrated ran a picture of a MLB pitcher who could hold something like 8 baseballs in one hand. Does anyone remember who it was?

I can't find it anywhere online, and we differed as to who it was. The more I think about it, I think I may have been thinking of the wrong guy, but hopefully someone can set me straight.

**IAPrepGuy** · 05-16-2010, 09:48 AM

..could have been Antonio Alfonseca - dude had 6 fingers!

**isucyfan** · 05-16-2010, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by IAPrepGuy

..could have been Antonio Alfonseca - dude had 6 fingers!

Pretty sure it wasn't him...and he wasn't one of the two we were debating.

It was pretty cool that he had six fingers, though.

**RhoadsRage** · 05-16-2010, 09:53 AM

Was it a cover photo or inside? Have you checked SI.com?

**SouthJerseyCy** · 05-16-2010, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by isucyfan

Here's something my brother-in-law and I were debating the other day...maybe someone can help:

Quite a few years ago, Sports Illustrated ran a picture of a MLB pitcher who could hold something like 8 baseballs in one hand. Does anyone remember who it was?

I can't find it anywhere online, and we differed as to who it was. The more I think about it, I think I may have been thinking of the wrong guy, but hopefully someone can set me straight.

Syd Finch?

**isucyfan** · 05-16-2010, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by SouthJerseyCy

Syd Finch?

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**isucyfan** · 05-16-2010, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by RhoadsRage

Was it a cover photo or inside? Have you checked SI.com?

I think it was inside. I'll check SI.com, but Google didn't turn anything up.

**TarHeelHawk** · 05-16-2010, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by isucyfan

Pretty sure it wasn't him...and he wasn't one of the two we were debating.

It was pretty cool that he had six fingers, though.

He had 6 fingers on both hands, and 6 toes on each foot. Whenever he would come into a game, Chip Caray would say "here comes 6-shooter!" Alfonseca would then proceed to blow the save.

**ISUAgronomist** · 05-16-2010, 09:55 AM

Johnny Bench

**isucyfan** · 05-16-2010, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by isuaggie

Johnny Bench

No, I know about this, but this is a modern era guy that I believe beat Bench's mark of seven baseballs.

I also read somewhere that Bench injured himself doing this and had to go on the DL!

**HiltonMagic** · 05-16-2010, 09:58 AM

Jim Bibby?

**isucyfan** · 05-16-2010, 09:59 AM

Here's some help to focus the search; both under consideration are still playing today.

EDIT: Strike that, one retired in 2008.

**ISUAgronomist** · 05-16-2010, 10:01 AM

Bobby Link

Coachs Corner April 2010

"A local newspaper featured a photo of the new coach holding eight baseballs in one hand, a feat listed among the Guinness World Records."

My want to check Guinness to see who else is listed with this coach.

**isucyfan** · 05-16-2010, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by isuaggie

Bobby Link

Coachs Corner April 2010

"A local newspaper featured a photo of the new coach holding eight baseballs in one hand, a feat listed among the Guinness World Records."

My want to check Guinness to see who else is listed with this coach.

That's awesome, but he's not a MLB pitcher. That's pretty much how the pic in SI looked, though.