Look, just because Andy wrote a Joe Nuxhall blurb, that doesn't mean I can't, right?

Not all Nuxhall's career is up in the daily PI splits, but enough is so that we can find out a few things about him.  For example: he had a lot of trouble against third basemen who came of age somewhere around 1960.   The top three men on that list - Hoak, Hart, and Santo - were all at the hot corner.  Spencer spent plenty of time there.  Heck, Gil Hodges was an excellent minor league third baseman only switched to first because Brooklyn had the best defensive third baseman in the league when he came up.

Actually, Don Hoak owned him to a degree that was downright comic.  In his first 13 PA against Nuxhall, he had nine singles, two walks, and two homers.  Um ... . ow.   Looks like Nuxhall finally figured him out, though.

RIP, Joe Nuxhall.

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