{"product_id":"238-old-hoss-7-x-10-5","title":"238. \"Old Hoss\"  7\" x 10.5\"","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"473\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"226\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7 × 10.5 inches art print (not a comic book)\u003cbr data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"274\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"291\"\u003eAvailability:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pre-order ends Sunday, March 22nd  at 3 PM PT \/ 6 PM ET\u003cbr data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"347\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"360\"\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Expected to ship approximately 40–60 days after the purchase window closes.\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e Estimated timeframe. Not guaranteed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"495\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"495\"\u003eFrom the Artist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"492\" data-start=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"552\" data-start=\"494\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"552\" data-start=\"494\"\u003eCHARLES “OLD HOSS” RADBOURN: FIFTY-NINE IN EIGHTY-FOUR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"588\" data-start=\"505\"\u003eEvery so often you come across a baseball number that makes you pause for a second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"606\" data-start=\"590\"\u003eFifty-nine wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"751\" data-start=\"608\"\u003eThat’s not a misprint. That’s not a quirky stat from a small sample size. That’s fifty-nine actual games won by one pitcher in a single season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"844\" data-start=\"753\"\u003eThe pitcher was Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn of the Providence Grays, and the year was 1884.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1095\" data-start=\"846\"\u003eBaseball looked very different then. Teams relied heavily on one arm, schedules were relentless, and the idea of a “pitch count” would have sounded like science fiction. Still, even in that rugged era, what Radbourn did bordered on the unbelievable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1311\" data-start=\"1097\"\u003eProvidence handed him the ball over and over again, and he kept winning. By the time the season finally came to an end he had thrown an astonishing 678 innings and carried the Grays all the way to the championship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1355\" data-start=\"1313\"\u003eNo one has ever come close to matching it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1602\" data-start=\"1357\"\u003eAnd Radbourn himself was exactly the kind of personality you might imagine behind a season like that : fiercely competitive, stubborn, a little combative, and not particularly interested in pleasing anyone who happened to be standing in his way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1714\" data-start=\"1604\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you look closely at the corners of this piece, you might notice a small nod to Radbourn’s personality... and to a rather unusual distinction he holds outside the game \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1758\" data-start=\"1716\"\u003eBaseball history is full of great numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1855\" data-start=\"1760\"\u003eBut fifty-nine wins in one season remains one of the strangest and most remarkable of them all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pop Fly Pop Shop","offers":[{"title":"Regular","offer_id":48989531963632,"sku":"REG_OldHoss","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6450\/5260\/files\/OldHoss_WEB_copy.jpg?v=1773610187","url":"https:\/\/popflypopshop.com\/products\/238-old-hoss-7-x-10-5","provider":"Pop Fly Pop Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}