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10-07-2011, 07:45 AM
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Birthdays- 10/7
Reds:
Grady Hatton (89) -OF of the late '40s and early '50s. Later managed some very bad teams. Grady, if you're reading this, happy 89th! Frankie Baumholtz- Came up with the Reds; after a few years was traded to the Cubs, where he had his best years. Good hitter for average, but didn't have enough power to make it big as a corner OF. Others: Evan Longoria (26) Jose Cardenal (68) Jose didn't like spring training games, and there are a number of great stories about excuses he used to get out of them. My faves: 1. His uniform wasn't tight enough 2. A cricket in his room kept him up all night. 3. His eyelids were stuck together. He was a Reds coach for a bit later on...
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10-07-2011, 08:09 AM
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Re: Birthdays- 10/7
Cardenal was a pretty good player for a long time. According to Retrosheet he debut the day after I was born in 1963 and played until 1980. He had over 1900 hits while playing for 9 different teams. One of those good players who has been nearly forgotten in time.
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10-07-2012, 12:43 AM
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Re: Birthdays- 10/7
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10-07-2012, 04:40 PM
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Re: Birthdays- 10/7
Frank Baumholz was the first basketball player in Ohio University history to have his number retired (#54). His hometown was Midvale (near New Philadelphia).
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