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Nolan Ryan, baseball's strikeout king and record-holder of seven no-hitters, pitched his first professional baseball here with the Marion Mets in 1965. Robert Garnett, president of the Marion Mets, recalled Ryan's first pitch as so powerful that it knocked the catcher's glove off and left the opposing team ducking as they came out of the dugout.
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Marion, Virginia · United States
