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The profoundly strange batting career of Koo Dae-Sung, the 35-year-old Mets rookie who had never swung a bat professionally in his life, who almost nobody remembers or has ever heard of.

It's 1982, and Larry Walters of North Hollywood is sitting in a lawn chair. He has a BB gun, a radio, and some sandwiches. He is floating 15,000 feet above Los Angeles. He is in trouble.

Between the mascot assault, near-fatal coke habit, murder plot, three World Series rings, and going down as one of the worst goats in baseball history, Lonnie Smith's story is one of the most fascinating of the last few decades.

In 1983, Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov had to choose whether or not to break the rules. His decision may have determined whether you and I are alive right now.