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But like the famous gangsters,Chicago White Sox Hats, Clyde’s baseball career quickly spiraled downhill.
A few weeks after graduating from Houston Westchester High School and being the No. 1 overall pick in the draft,Whitey Herzog in the Hall of Fame,Cheap Washington Nationals Hats, 18-year-old left-hander David Clyde took the mound for the Rangers against the Minnesota Twins.
Sports Illustrated was there and wrote: “Bonnie of a start for Clyde.”

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4. It was a mistake but at the time it was sensational.
Ryan had come to the Rangers as a one-year free agent in the winter of 1988-89. He planned to pitch one more year and retire. But he stayed for five years and the 5,cheap Minnesota Twins Hats,000th strikeout was a huge part of that.
He started off predictably,Cheap The Hundreds Hats, walking Jerry Terrell and Rod Carew. But then the crowd roared as he came back to strike out Bobby Darwin,Cleveland Indians Hats, George Mitterwald and Joe Lis to end the inning. It was a magical moment in Rangers history.
The strikeout was the 5,Snapback Hats,000th strikeout of his career.
Clyde ended up going five innings. He allowed one hit,Rockstar Hats, walked seven and struck out eight. He out-pitched Jim Kaat and the Rangers ended up winning 4-3.
The moment was significant,Wholesale Cincinnati Reds Hats, greater than Ryan’s two no-hitters or his 300th victory.

There were 35,DC Shoes Hats,698 fans in the stands at Arlington Stadium,Boston Red Sox Hats, a rare sellout crowd for a team in desperate financial straits. But everybody wanted to see the high school phenom who had gone 18-0 for Westchester and pitched them to a state title.
The Rangers played it up big and Ryan would never forget that. They made it much bigger than the Astros did for his 4,Cheap Tampa Bay Rays Hats,000th strikeout or when he broke Walter Johnson’s career strikeout record. The appreciation the Rangers showed for Ryan was a big reason why he stayed on past one year.
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