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Podcast: Classic Baseball Daily Highlights
Episode: Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into the Hall of Fame
Description: February 2, 1969 – Pitchers Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.Stan Coveleski learned control as a youngster by throwing rocks at tin cans that swung from a tree. Though he pitched a shutout in his first big league start with the Athletics in 1912, it was the spitball he later learned in the Minor Leagues. in 1913-1915, earning a permanent spot in the big leagues in 1916 when the Indians bought his contract.Using a fluttering spitball that dove sharply and broke inside on lefties and ri...