Baseball Birthdays: April eighteenth

"Wahoo" Crawford was a slugger in the dead ball age.
Top-ten hitter of all time, according to one gauge.

Duffy Lewis roamed the left field cliff at Fenway Park.
His team won three series and he often was the spark.

Von McDaniel lost control after his rookie year.
His older brother, Lindy, had a very long career.

Jim Eisenreich’s Tourette’s syndrome made baseball life a strain.
He persevered for fifteen years, a hero, it is plain.

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