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10-06-2011, 07:31 AM
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Birthdays- 10/06
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Ruben Sierra (46) Played for a whole bunch of teams in a 20-year career. 1997 was the Reds turn. Jim McGlothlin -A fine pitcher in the early years of the BRM; died way too young. Others: Freddy Garcia (35) Darren Oliver (41) And still doing well... Oil Can Boyd (52) The Can was fun to have around. Jack Dunn -18th-century player best remembered for unearthing some of the greatest talent in the history of the game to play for his wonderful Baltimore minor league team.
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10-06-2011, 08:11 AM
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Danger is my business!
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Good work. I like this B-day posts.
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10-06-2011, 08:49 AM
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Re: Birthdays- 10/06
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 Jim McGlothlin was a good pitcher on those early Big Red Machine teams. He started a game or two in the 1972 World Series,IIRC. He died way too young. I assume he had some type of cancer but don't remember now.
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10-06-2011, 08:37 AM
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Re: Birthdays- 10/06
Sierra's career started out like he was going to be a major star, a switch-hitter with speed and power IIRC, but did not last long. Another of Jimbo's attempts to address the Reds outfield - not quite as successul as Ron Gant.
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10-07-2011, 08:02 AM
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Re: Birthdays- 10/06
Nux Fan from the Sun Deck pm'd me and said McGlothlin died from a brain tumor. He died on December 23, 1975. I didn't realize it had been that long ago.
As by chance I was watching Game 2 of the 1970 World Series that was on my local sports channel MASN as part of Orioles Classics last night. McGlothlin started that game. I had forgotten that he had come over from the Angels in a trade with Pedro Borbon for Alex Johnson and Chico Ruiz. Pretty good trade for the Reds.
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