Editing Herb Score (section)

==Early life==
Herb Score was born in [[Rosedale, Queens|Rosedale, New York]] in 1933. He was given the middle name "Jude" after [[Jude the Apostle|St. Jude]], to whom his mother prayed during her pregnancy.<ref name="cyo">{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Jack |title=Herb Score, Local C.Y.O. Product |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tablet-herb-score-local-cyo-prod/160133812/ |access-date=2 December 2024 |work=[[The Tablet (Brooklyn)|The Tablet]] |date=18 June 1955 |pages=15}}</ref> At 3, he was run over by a truck and later had [[rheumatic fever]].<ref name="Score Florida Obit" /> As a child, he started playing [[CYO]] basketball and baseball at Holy Name of Mary [[Parish (Catholic Church)|parish]] in [[Valley Stream, New York]], where he made his [[First Communion]] and [[Confirmation in the Catholic Church|Confirmation]].<ref name="cyo" />

As a teenager, he moved with his family to [[Lake Worth, Florida]]. In 1952, he threw six [[no-hitters]] for the [[Lake Worth Community High School]] baseball team, when the school won its only state baseball championship.<ref name="Score Florida Obit">[http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/content/sports/epaper/2008/11/11/1111scoreobit.html "Herb Score, Big League Star who Pitched at Lake Worth, Dies at 75."] ''Palm Beach Post'', November 11, 2008{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |fix-attempted=yes |url=}}</ref>

On June 7, 1952 (his 19th birthday), he signed a baseball contract with the Cleveland Indians. He was sent to [[Indianapolis]] of the American Association where he made 10 pitching starts. In 1953, he moved to Cleveland's Class A affiliate, Reading (Pennsylvania) of the Eastern League. At Reading, he became a roommate and lifetime friend with [[Rocky Colavito]], a near future Cleveland Indians [[home run]] [[Batting (baseball)|hitter]] and [[right fielder]] from [[the Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="Wancho">{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8899e413 |title= Rocky Colavito|first=Joseph|last=Wancho|work=[[Society of American Baseball Research]] |publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=February 23, 2019 }}</ref> For the 1954 season, both were promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis. Score won [[The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award|''The Sporting News'' Minor League Player of the Year Award]] and began to be referred to as "left-handed [[Bob Feller]]".<ref name="Score Bio">{{cite web|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/1b133b89|title=Herb Score - Society for American Baseball Research|work=SABR.org|access-date=April 13, 2017}}</ref>