Pete andf Jerry and the 1956 baseball season and the absurdity of Carson Ode.

QUOTE from Peter Bungum (paraphrasing Bertrand Russell). "The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of Carson Ode, his widespread belief that he got three hits off Jerry Narveson in 1956 is more likely to be foolish than sensible."


MEMORIES of the 1956 baseball season in Chatfield, Minnesota. Jerry was the pitcher and I was the catcher and we were starters on the baseball team as sophomores. Our sophomore year was 1956 and we were not very good - we even got beat by Lanesboro. Lanesboro had a big white-haired Viking playing for them and he made the claim that he almost single-handedly beat us by getting three line hits off Jerry. He said "Jerry's pitches were so easy to hit it was like swinging at a watermelon - anybody could hit Jerry."

I want you to read the quote again. Carson Ode did not get three hits off Jerry Narveson in 1956. It is even questionable if he got two hits. I will concede he got one hit. I was catching and as Jerry delivered the pitch I could see Carson shut his eyes and swing wildly and was lucky enough to make contact and get a line drive to centerfield. But I did notice that when he came to bat he was shaking from fright having to face this young phenom from Chatfield. And his fright showed up in his next at-bats - as I recall he grounded out once and and struck out twice on Narveson curve balls.

HUMOR for today: Carson Ode foolishly thinking he got three hits off Jerry Narveson in 1956.