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12-19-2011, 07:42 AM
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Birthdays: 12/19
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Russell Branyan (36) -The Reds were the second team in his odyssey around the majors. He had one good year (including a three-HR game) followed by one bad one and then it was off to the next stop. Has a son named Cash, after Johnny Cash. Tom Lawless (55) -The only player ever traded for Pete Rose, he's now a successful minor league manager. Others: Walt Williams (86) -Nicknamed "No-Neck"; any picture of him will tell you why. Listed at 5'6"; if he had a neck he'd have been 5'10". Tony Taylor (76) -A classy guy who held the Phillies career record for games played at 2B until very recently. Al Kaline (77) -Speaking of classy guys... Went directly from high school to the majors and never looked back. Very similar player to Clemente. Still active and an avid golfer, he had a hole in one a couple of years ago. Rex Barney -Flamethrowing Dodger bonus baby with only a general idea of the location of home plate. Later the longtime beloved P.A. announcer for the Orioles. Paul Krichell -Not much of a player, but possibly the greatest scout of all time. Signed Gehrig, Greenberg, Whitey Ford, Lazzeri, and so on and so on...
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12-22-2011, 06:03 AM
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Section 525-Saturdays.
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Re: Birthdays: 12/19
Don't like correcting you, because these posts rule, but Walt "No Neck" Williams is 68, not 86.
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12-22-2011, 07:52 AM
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Re: Birthdays: 12/19
Oopsie....typo. Thanks for the correction.
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12-22-2011, 07:58 AM
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Re: Birthdays: 12/19
I thought that was awfully old for ole No Neck.
 Al Kaline is one of the most overlooked great living players. He had a great career for the Tigers that has largely been unnoticed.
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12-19-2012, 09:39 PM
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6 months of heartbreak
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Re: Birthdays: 12/19
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12-19-2012, 09:43 PM
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Re: Birthdays: 12/19
Al Kaline played out of position as an outfielder. He should have been part of the battery.
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