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Joe L. Brown
The children of the elite often will have difficulty establishing…
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John Galbreath
“He’s a little guy. Thinks he can do anything. Damn near…
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Forbes Field (Pittsburgh)
Baseball links geography, and rivalry. In 1908 Philadelphia constructed…
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Bill Burwell
After his third year in organized baseball, 22-year-old right-handed…
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Don Gross
Don Gross had a 13-year career in professional baseball as a…
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Earl Francis
With the muscular physique of a football player, 6-foot-2, 215-pound…
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Bob Friend
Bob Friend was one of baseball’s more consistent starting pitchers…
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Tom Cheney
“I didn’t like how my baseball career ended, particularly…
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Elroy Face
Baseball is a game in which one or two numbers can become burned…
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Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente's greatness transcended the diamond. On it,…
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Gene Baker
Near the end of the 1953 baseball season two young men joined…
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Dick Groat
Before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders made “two-sport athletes”…
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Gino Cimoli
“They set all the records and we won the game.”
That was…
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Dick Barone
But for a bit of luck—if he'd been with a different organization,…
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Joe Gibbon
Joe Gibbon fulfilled his dream when he made the Opening Day roster…
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Smoky Burgess
“Smoky Burgess was fat. Not baseball fat like Mickey Lolich…
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Joe Christopher
As of 2023, the total number of men from the US Virgin Islands…
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Bennie Daniels
The expansion Washington Senators had little to cheer about at…
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Fred Green
At 3:36 P.M. on October 13, 1960, Fred Green watched a ball hit…
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Harry Bright
During a professional baseball career of 20 years the much-traveled…
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Paul Giel
Great anticipation existed regarding which sport Paul Giel would…
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Harvey Haddix
Whenever the name Harvey Haddix is mentioned, there is usually…
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Don Hoak
To his contemporaries, he was a hard-nosed player, a throwback…
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Howie Haak
Called the “King of the Caribbean” by baseball people and…