Neal Ball
Neal Ball (Baseball. Born, Grand Haven, MI, Apr. 22, 1881; died, Bridgeport, CT, Oct. 15, 1957.) While the only truly significant accomplishment of his major league career came for Cleveland,...
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Bart Giamatti (Baseball. Born, Boston, MA, Apr. 4, 1938; died, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, Sept. 1, 1989.) It is impossible to tell what the course of baseball history might have been had its seventh...
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Joe Page (Baseball. Born, Cherry Valley, PA, Oct. 28, 1917; died, Latrobe, PA, Apr. 21, 1980.) There were no official saves when Joseph Francis Page was the bulwark of the Yankees bullpen. Page...
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Red Ruffing (Baseball. Born, Granville, IL, May 5, 1904; died, Mayfield Heights, OH, Feb. 17, 1986.) Another pitcher who traveled the well-worn road from Boston to New York, Charles Herbert Ruffing...
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Mo Vaughn (Baseball. Born, Norwalk, CT, Dec. 15, 1967.) Following a stellar career at Trinity-Pawling (N.Y.) high school, Maurice Samuel Vaughn was rated as a sure-fire college baseball star. The...
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