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11-13-2011, 10:29 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Indianapolis
Posts: 1,666
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Birthdays: 11/13
Reds:
Steve Bilko -Minor league slugger who spent the 1958 season with the Reds as a backup. Johnny Kling- Catcher with the great Cubs teams of the early 1900s, he finished his career with the Reds in 1913. Others: Gerald Laird (32) -Replaced Jason LaRue as Cardinal backup catcher that Reds fans love to hate. Mel Stottlemyre (70) -Yankee ace who matched up against Bob Gibson three times in the 1964 Series. Once hit an inside-the-park grand slam. Wes Parker (72) - Slick-fielding Dodger 1B who spent a year doing color commentary on Reds TV. Also appeared on The Brady Bunch as the boyfriend of Greg's math teacher. Jim Delsing -Remembered now as the man who pinch-ran for Eddie Gaedel after Gaedel drew his famous walk.
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11-13-2012, 10:07 PM
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6 months of heartbreak
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Aurora, IN
Posts: 14,890
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Re: Birthdays: 11/13
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Also, I read that Nat Hiken, creator of The Phil Silvers Show, supposedly took the name of the character Silvers played (Sgt. Bilko) from Steve Bilko. |
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