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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Pitcher Ray Caldwell Was Struck By Lightning During A Game But Won Anyway
Description: Today in 1919, one of the strangest moments in the history of baseball: a pitcher won a game in which he was struck by lightning! Plus: today in 2006, the International Astronomical Union redefined what a planet was, leaving poor cold little Pluto in the lurch and leading to a new verb.Â
A lightning strike fueled baseball's most electrifying performance (Accuweather)
Aug. 24, 2006: Pluto Deplanetized (WIRED)
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