New Zealand softball greats have joined the tributes to Ty Stofflet – the legendary American softball pitcher famous for a gripping 20 innings duel with Kiwi great Kevin Herlihy. Screengrab/Dick Clark's Wednesday/NBC Ty Stofflet, the legendary American softball pitcher was who a great friend and rival of Kevin Herlihy, has died, aged 79. Once labelled the fastest pitcher in the world, Stofflet died, aged 79, in his native Pennsylvania on Saturday (Sunday NZ time). Staff photographer/Stuff United States pitcher Ty Stofflet (R) falls after being hit by a pitch against Canada at the 1976 world softball championships in Lower Hutt. Stuff Kevin Herlihy, pictured in 2000, played in an epic pitching duel with Ty Stofflet in 1976.

Source: Stuff January 25, 2021 01:41 UTC