Talk:Steve Carlton

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[edit] Type of Slider Steve Threw?

When I was growing up in the late 1970s and early 80s, I remember that Steve was one of the best slider pitchers of the time period. First off, is that true?

Then, how did he do it? His mechanics, and also, a slider is just a pitch somewhere between a fastball and a curve. Now, that's a lot of gradient, I know a cutter is closer to a fastball. So, where in this gradient did Steve tend to throw his slider? Thanks. FriendlyRiverOtter 06:50, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hitting

When I was a kid, listening to the games the truly awful Phillies were playing, one thing I remember was that Carlton not only pitched so many wins... he not infrequently hit too. There were times I remember that his average was higher than a number of the folks in the order and I remember that he had a pretty good RBI stat for someone who did not play every day. (I think he may have even pinch hit on occasion... that's how bad the Phillies were then!)

How about adding his batting average and a commentary? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.33.1.37 (talk) 21:31, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Suicide Attempt Reference

I removed the line that stated, "Carlton also tried to commet suicide. Which sucked!" Besides the word "commit" being misspelled and the poor grammar in the two sentences, there is no link to any source material mentioning this event taking place, and, after a quick search on Google, I could not find any reference to any such suicide attempt made by Steve Carlton. That's not to say that it didn't happen; I just do not know whether or not it did. The bottom line is that this offhand mention is unsubstantiated and is of unencyclopaedic quality, thus meriting its immediate removal. BobCubTAC (talk) 10:31, 8 January 2008 (UTC)