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Mark Buehrle

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Left-hander Mark Buehrle pitched in 518 games, starting 493…
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Jon Garland (Courtesy of the Chicago White Sox)

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Orlando Hernandez

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Willie Harris

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Joe Crede

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Jamie Burke

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Neal Cotts

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Joe Borchard

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In the 2001 Baseball Prospectus annual, this comment was…
Raul Casanova

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Thanks to Giacomo Girolamo’s lecherous lifestyle, “Casanova”…
José Contreras (Courtesy of the Chicago White Sox)

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Freddy Garcia (Courtesy of the Chicago White Sox)

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Dick Allen (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

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Pud Galvin

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August 5, 1938: Boston’s Joe Cronin transforms self from goat to hero

The Detroit Tigers hosted the visiting Red Sox at Briggs Stadium…

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Brett Phillips (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

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