At 44, Nolan Ryan tosses seventh no-hitter
"But you don’t like it when someone’s stuffing it into you by the gallon. That’s how you feel when Ryan’s throwing balls by you."
Ryan was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999.
Nick Anapolis was a public relations intern at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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