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Buck Rodgers: On the Road to Anaheim

By Maxwell Kates

Millions of Californians were not born here but chose the Golden State as the center of their career and family lives. Two of them, London’s Bob Hope and Tacoma’s Bing Crosby, won fame and glory in Hollywood with a series of “road” movies. The subject of this article, however, is a baseball personality whose life has followed a unique road from the heartland of America to the state of California. Even as a rookie with the 1961 Los Angeles Angels, Buck Rodgers demonstrated leadership qualities and the ability to . . .

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