My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time.

Feller recorded his second career no-hitter on April 30 1946 against the New York Yankees. The test was conducted in Chicago's Lincoln Park and required Feller to hit a target 12 inches in diameter 6 feet 6 inches (1.

" Hall of Famer Stan Musial believed he was "probably the greatest pitcher of our era. During his career he threw no-hitters in 1940 1946 and 1951.