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Old 02-27-2011, 10:54 PM   #78
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Re: Some Obituaries of Recently Deceased Major Leaguers

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Originally Posted by RedsBaron View Post
Furillo died in 1989.
I am sorry to learn of Duke Snider's death. I first read of his exploits as a boy when I read Roger Kahn's wonderful "The Boys of Summer." I later read Snider's autobiography "The Duke of Flatbush." I would have loved to have seen him play. He probably should have been selected the NL MVP in both 1955 and 1956.
I meant Erskine

Got my Carl's mixed up.
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