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The 'Potato Ball' Incident
Producer Dan Collison brings us this story of minor league baseball's infamous "potato ball incident" of 1987.
All Things Considered - August 22, 2002

Suggested by Brian, who listens to WPKT in Hartford, Connecticut:
"I needed to stop for gas while I was listening to the catcher's recollection of the story... I sat at the pump until someone came up behind me and beeped their horn to nudge me along..."

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