HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Teammates call Bergen County Undersheriff Harry Shortway Jr. a 73-year-old great-grandfather with a lethal weapon -- his curveball.
Shortway, a pitcher with the Hawthorne Fire Department Softball Team, achieved his 800th career mound victory this month, a goal that the former Marine was determined to accomplish pitching modified ball.
Shortway passed his 700th career win 11 years ago but stepped up to the plate to take a swing at 800 games, hoping that age and time would not take away his pitching arm.
