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Bill Southern's avatar

Paul. I enjoyed another offbeat baseball story of yours. Also, in the bird genre: Mark (the Bird) Fidrych.

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Paul Jackson's avatar

Absolutely. And if we want to really open things up, there's Sidd Finch, who I thought was a real person when I was a kid. George Plimpton got me good on that one.

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Jeff's avatar

8/4/83. Dave Winfield kills a seagull in a Blue Jays (no pun there) game in Canada. Fined by PD then released.

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Paul Jackson's avatar

Funny, we seem to be approaching the anniversary of that happening...like, just in time for next week's post. Must be a coincidence...

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Jeff's avatar

PS-was fun watching the Yanks sweep the Phillies in their park yesterday. Go Yanks!

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