Baseball Birthdays: May twenty-third

"Dummy" Hoy was best deaf player ever in baseball.
He had two thousand hits. Some say he should be in the Hall.

Zack Wheat, a smooth left fielder, played in Brooklyn eighteen years.
Still holds some Dodger records. Was respected by his peers.

Reggie Cleveland was a pitcher from Saskatchewan.
With the Sox, too many of his tosses wound up gone.

Buck Showalter, player, had a minor league career.
With the Yanks and O’s was named manager of the year.

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