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艾伯特 (族長) 班德(Albert
(Chief) Bender) 的棒球卡，發行自1912年
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名人堂投手
依照費城運動家隊 (Philadelphia
Athletics) 的著名紳士經理康尼馬克 (Connie
Mack) 的解釋，假如您想贏球，族長 (Chief) 班德 (Charles
Albert Bender) 是您的最佳選擇；有此綽號是因為他擁有四分之一的Chippewa印第安人血統；雖然因為許多人對美國原住民懷有偏見，因而他並不喜歡族長這個綽號，但他也沒有抱怨；然而，他簽名時只簽查爾斯班德 (Charles
Bender) ；他的勝利場次超過200場，而且帶領Athletics隊參加五次的世界巡迴比賽 (World
Series) ；班德的投法很特殊，他的投球介於快速球及曲球之間，後來被稱之為滾球 (slider) 或五分曲球 (nickel
curve) ；它是現今許多投手的關鍵投球；班德於1953年入選名人堂。
Charles Albert "Chief" Bender was the pitcher you wanted if you had to win a game, according to Connie Mack, the famous gentleman manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. Bender got the nickname "Chief" because he was one-quarter Chippewa Indian. Although he didn't like the nickname Chief because many people were prejudiced against Native Americans, Bender didn't complain. He did, however, sign autographs as "Charles Bender." He won more than 200 games and led the A's to five World Series. Bender had a special pitch that was halfway between a fastball and a curve, which became known as the slider or "nickel curve." It's a key pitch in the arsenal of many pitchers today. Bender was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1953.
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