As Bob Feller drove to sign his contract with the Cleveland Indians for the 1942 season, he distracted himself by listening to his car radio.
Already an accomplished Major League Baseball pitcher, Feller was 23 years old and entering the prime of his athletic career. As he traveled through the Midwest, a news alert announcing the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor interrupted regular programming.
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Feller, the only pitcher ever to throw a no-hitter on MLB’s Opening Day, never signed that contract.
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