Sunday, September 21, 2014

Cardinals To Honor Bill Greason, One Of Their Trailblazers

When he returned from the battlefields of World War II to the sandlots of Atlanta, the pitch that put William “Bill” Greason in a different kind of uniform and served him well as a Cardinals trailblazer was his curve. He threw it overhand, playing it off a firm fastball. Like a waterfall, its cascade was so steep that he described it last week as a true, plunging “downer.”

Post-Dispatch

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