Baseball Birthdays: May fourth

Mike Epstein got his ring with Oakland A’s, seventy-two.
Quite often hit by pitches, he was nicknamed "Super Jew."

Rene Lachemann was a catcher who went on to manage.
First skipper of Marlins, which was not to his advantage.

Ken Oberkfell, known best as bearded infielder with Cards,
Won one ring there then played for five more teams. The man’s seen yards.

Rick Leach came out of Michigan, a quarterback superb.
But he picked baseball, played ten years, then got kicked to the curb.

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