Baseball Birthdays: April twenty-sixth

Sal "The Barber" Maglie pitched for all three New York teams.
His close-shave brushback pitches gave good hitters some bad dreams.

Virgil "Fire" Trucks threw blazing fastballs just like flames.
Threw two no-hitters in a year when he lost nineteen games.

Amos Otis roamed the Royals’ pasture many seasons.
His stats were good. Perhaps his corked bat was one of the reasons.

Mike Scott, Astros’ big right-hander, fooled many a hitter.
His career took off when Roger Craig taught him the splitter.

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