Lorenzo "Larry" J. Ponza Jr. (February 15, 1918 – December 15, 2004) was the inventor of the modern baseball pitching machine.
He grew up in the Santa Cruz area of California near a sawmill which was operated by his parents. He graduated from high school in 1934 and, according to him, continued his education in the "School of Hard Knocks and Experience". In 1941 he moved to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and worked as a senior civilian supervisor for the US Navy's production control office.
His first pitching machine, the Power Pitcher, was invented in 1952. He followed this up with many improvements, including the 1974 Hummer, which could simulate fastballs, pop-ups and grounders, the Casey (1983), the Ponza Swing King (1987) and the Rookie (1988). He sold his company to the Athletic Training Equipment Company in the early 1990s.
He died at age 86 from a cancer-related illness. In Argentina, a popular online newspaper, Telégrafo del Sur, published a comic called "The news adventures of Lorenzo Ponza" in honor of him.
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bombarded various ports of Sardinia and Corsica, before capturing the island of Ponza. From there, the Turkish fleet sailed towards Lazio and bombarded the ports...
initial twinning between the two hamlets has extended to the municipal level. Ponza, since 2010: the twinning was born from the common veneration for the patron...
gli alleati giunsero a Napoli, era ancora detenuto nel penitenziario di Ponza. Fu liberato e andò a prendere alloggio a Capri. Pochi giorni dopo, quel...
the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. His small force landed on the island of Ponza. It overpowered guards and liberated hundreds of prisoners. In sharp contrast...
Lazio region, connecting all the municipalities except from the insular Ponza and Ventotene. Cotral's main departure points in Rome are the bus stations...
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to help him escape the island. In 1928, Bordiga was moved to the Isle of Ponza, where he built several houses, returning after his detention in 1929 to...
Spigno and other local towns. Ferries and hydrofoils connect Formia to Ponza, Ischia and Ventotene. Formia is twinned with: Ferrara, Italy Fleury-les-Aubrais...
Agricultural Penal Colony since 1869 Pianosa, prison from 1856 to 1998 Ponza, prison during Fascist era Santo Stefano Island, prison from 1797 to 1965;...
of the Grand Council of Fascism. After a short period of imprisonment in Ponza, he was transferred to Villa Webber, in La Maddalena. Mussolini had previously...
Genoa came under the rule of the Visconti of Milan (see also Battle of Ponza). Genoa lost Sardinia to Aragon, Corsica to internal revolt, and its Middle...
santo rosario, Zaragoza: Domingo Portonariis y Ursino (1584), cited after Lorenzo F. Candelaria, The Rosary Cantoral: Ritual and Social Design in a Chantbook...
Rieti 2,456 Poggio San Lorenzo Rieti 580 Poli Roma 2,433 Pomezia Roma 56,372 Pontecorvo Frosinone 13,223 Pontinia Latina 13,812 Ponza Latina 3,255 Ponzano...
Positano and Amalfi. Services are also available to Sicily, Sardinia, Ponza and the Aeolian Islands. The port serves over 6 million local passengers...
Pavia Padua – Anthony of Padua Pescia – Abdon and Sennen Pisa – Rainerius Ponza – Silverius Querceta, Seravezza – Joseph Randazzo – Joseph Reggio Calabria...
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(1922–43) and the first of 20th-century Europe's fascist dictators Coriolano Ponza di San Martino (1842–1926), general and politician. Senator of the Kingdom...
of Lauria defeat Sicilians under d'Oria off northern Sicily 1300 June 14 Ponza – Angevins under Roger of Lauria defeat Sicilians under d'Oria near Naples...
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accompanied to Gaeta, where the corvette Persefone brought him to the island of Ponza. He was transferred to the island of La Maddalena, and finally to Campo...
century, communities of fishermen from Sicily, Torre del Greco (Campania) and Ponza (Lazio) migrated on the east coasts of the island, in the towns of Arbatax/Tortolì...
Visconti decisively defeats Alfonso V of Aragon at the naval Battle of Ponza. Anfonso is captured. 1 September. Sigismund Kęstutaitis decisively defeats...
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