Frank Howard playing Winter Ball in The Dominican Republic, 1959. Taking up the entire batters box.
November 7, 2025
Frank Howard playing Winter Ball in The Dominican Republic, 1959. Taking up the entire batters box.
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Have never seen a stance that wide in my life, impressive, being able to maintain his balance. Good on you Frank !
I don’t mean any racism or disrespect by this, but I was completely unaware any white American born players ever went down to the Dominican or anywhere in Latin America to play in winter leagues that long ago.
Its slow mo and a horrible swing, but the angle is perfect.
He wore glasses a lot of his career. Just IMAGINE a 6’7″ 255 lbs mammoth of man getting ready to send a ball into the next zipcode, but he has on the most nerdy glasses ever
10 comments
Have never seen a stance that wide in my life, impressive, being able to maintain his balance. Good on you Frank !
I don’t mean any racism or disrespect by this, but I was completely unaware any white American born players ever went down to the Dominican or anywhere in Latin America to play in winter leagues that long ago.
I wonder how common this was.
Frank Howard was 6’7″..
A pic of 6’7″ Hondo with 5’5″ Freddie Patek:
https://preview.redd.it/0an3cvf4mrzf1.jpeg?width=1232&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75ec9fce943aaaa309411b4cce8344b256024b7a
Got 7 minutes? Here’s a recap of his career.
https://youtu.be/qCIgjilrF8M?si=JX8mwdFalxVsyMvS
His strike zone gotta be huge
Good ass hitter large human
It looks like he has a cigarette in his mouth
If Randy Johnson had better mechanics, I bet he’d get close: https://youtu.be/dIa8qBbYK2Y?si=wgGGooAl-K_r8k55
Its slow mo and a horrible swing, but the angle is perfect.
He wore glasses a lot of his career. Just IMAGINE a 6’7″ 255 lbs mammoth of man getting ready to send a ball into the next zipcode, but he has on the most nerdy glasses ever