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Just Connie Mack has more.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Daubert played fine first sack back in the dead ball days.<br \/>\nHe had the skills to help a ball club win in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Doerr was good field, good hit, playing second base.<br \/>\nSet many Red Sox records that the Splinter would erase.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Beltre oft goes to one knee, swinging up.<br \/>\nThe hard-hitting third baseman also plays without a cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John McGraw, as player, would do anything he could to score. As manager, helmed many wins. Just Connie Mack has more. Jake Daubert played fine first sack back in the dead ball days. He had &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=375\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":845,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=845","url_meta":{"origin":375,"position":0},"title":"Dirty Dog Ball","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"That's a dirty dog ball, please don't pick it up! Lord only knows what kind of germs might reside in that pup. No, no, no, my son, don't get that near your face! You'll get some strange dog disease impossible to trace. 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