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Old February 7th, 2007, 11:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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A fond remembrance for the man who threw 3 complete against the stinkin' Yankees in the '57 World Series (including 2 shutouts!!). I first heard about Lew when I found this uncorrected error card from the '59 Topps series:



First, they misspelled his name (Lou??), but it was also a goof because Burdette fooled Topps by posing as a Lefty (using Warren Spahn's glove). No one at Topps noticed until the cards came out and they were flooded with letters from kids pointing out that he was a Righty.

Of course, you'll notice that MLB fudges this one up -- they list him as "Lou" Burdette in the story:
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