Baseball Birthdays: May seventeenth

Cool Papa Bell could run like hell, a Negro League sensation.
It’s said he scored from first base in a sac bunt situation.

Ozzie Virgil, first Dominican to make the show,
Had son who made the majors with more power, but real slow.

Billy Hoeft, with seven teams, had four less wins than losses.
Won twenty as a Tiger, though, with tricky left-hand tosses.

Carlos Pena had his best years with the Tampa Rays.
He played in the Cape Cod League back in Northeastern days.

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