Word: kingsport
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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KELLY ARCHER Kingsport, Tenn...
...pitching in high school, quickly caught the strike-out bug. Says Dalkowski: "I didn't win, but when I got the ball over the plate, it was fun to watch them swing." Signed by the Baltimore Orioles after graduation in 1957, Steve joined a rookie farm club in Kingsport, Tenn. "I remember my record," he recalls, "because it was so even: 121 strike-outs and 129 walks." But at Kingsport, Dalkowski earned a trip to the Orioles' spring training camp with an incredible performance: 24 strike-outs in a single game, despite the fact that he failed...