bubbadog said:

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I remember when I was at BU and Dutch showed up at the intramural fields one Saturday morning when we were organizing a pickup softball game. This was in the late 70s, and Dutch was no longer the baseball coach. He was coaching badminton or something.

Here comes this old man wanting to play. He looked like he was 60 years old, which seemed ancient. He doesn't have a regular glove, just this old motorman's mitt that's not much bigger than your hand. I think I was the only one there who recognized him. I don't remember if we actually picked sides, but if we did, he'd have been the last guy picked. He winds up on the other team.

They stick him out in right field. Somebody hits a ball way over his head. Dutch starts tracking back on it, but he's not running hard. It looks like he's totally misjudged the ball and has no clue. It's gonna be a home run. Dutch keeps trotting, never sprints. At the last second he casually sticks out his arm and catches the ball in that little-ass glove. He had it pegged all along. Everybody on our side is shaking their head.

Then he comes up to bat, right-handed. The rover shifts over toward left field. Dutch hits it to right. He doesn't hit it over anyone's head, and he didn't even hit it all that hard. But the hit is perfectly placed in the gap and it rolls forever. Home run. People on our side are asking, "Who the hell is this guy?"

An inning or two later he comes up again. This time he bats left-handed. We're thinking: Seriously? The rover shifts more toward right field. Now he does exactly what he did the last time, except he puts it in the gap in left field. It's rolling so far that he doesn't even have to race around the bases. Another home run. By now guys are cursing and throwing their gloves on the ground in disgust.

Most of the guys never really figured out what had just happened. He was like the baseball version of Uncle Drew. He just owned us.

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KOK QB 70 said:

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Thanks A, just happened to check this thread, Dutch was special man, still is, sad day when/if he passes.

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SSadler said:

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bubba, tell us the story of Dutch's "encounter" with a certain UT pitcher who went on to MLB Hall of Fame.

The "encounter" included fisticuffs and a chickensh*tt UT pitcher getting physical with a "senior" BU baseball coach Dutch Shroeder--somewhere, if memory is halfway correct--at the old Dutton Street Park between the pitchers mound and BU duggout.

Dutch wouldn't back down from nobody.

Any details you want to add to the narrative???

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SSadler said:

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bubba, tell us the story of Dutch's "encounter" with a certain UT pitcher who went on to MLB Hall of Fame.

The "encounter" included fisticuffs and a chickensh*tt UT pitcher getting physical with a "senior" BU baseball coach Dutch Shroeder--somewhere, if memory is halfway correct--at the old Dutton Street Park between the pitchers mound and BU duggout.

Dutch wouldn't back down from nobody.

Any details you want to add to the narrative???

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deemus said:

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I met Dutch when I was about 8 or 9. He and my dad were friends. He was one of the few grown ups that would talk baseball with a kid.

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KOK QB 70 said:

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Assassin, new photos of Dutch would be priceless, and so many would appreciate.

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KOK QB 70 said:

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Assassin, new photos of Dutch would be priceless, and so many would appreciate.

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airforcebear said:

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Roger Goree checks on Dutch regularly up in Clifton. His daughter is now married to Lawrence Elkins. My Softball and Baseball tickets were with Dutch and his wife while she was alive. We are a bit on the 3rd base side behind home plate...perfect place for her to harass the umpire and tell him how wrong he was! She was always dressed elegantly, usually green and gold! Wonderful couple, and Dutch is truly brilliant. What is not widely known is that he has a PhD. He still was pissed about the James Street incident, and not a damned thing was done to Street (in the big picture.) Bert Hooten was the other starter for UT, and the saying was, "Hooten and Street, and pray for sleet!"

For a while his daughter had a B&B around 2000 Austin Avenue.

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airforcebear said:

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One of Dutch's favorite students was a classmate of mine at Conroe HS and then at Baylor. At our 20th reunion I asked Ell about what he was doing. He had written a book about fitness. He told me that he and a friend were developing a system by which you could have a gym in your home. Well, what are you calling it? He said, "we are calling it Nautilus."..!!!! Fast forward 20 more years..."Ell, do you still have Nautilus?" "No, we have started another company, and we are calling it Bowflex!" True story, and Dutch may have helped with it. My classmate/friend is "Ell Darden"...(Ellington). Very nice fellow. BS and MS from Baylor,and a Phd from Florida State in Kinesiology.

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