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'Rocket' Ron recalls 27-K Appy League game

If you hit him in May '52, maybe your name belongs in books
August 23, 2006

Good thing there wasn't a "K" Corner at Shaw Stadium in Bristol, Virginia, in 1952. It would have led to a paper shortage in the tiny town every time Ron Necciai took the mound.The slim right-hander, all of 19 at the time, was the original "Rocket," the original "Express" or