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Paul Waner was "Big Poison" and his brother Lloyd was "Little."
\nHe holds a record, fourteen straight games with extra base hittle.<\/p>\n

"Dutch Leonard" had the lowest single season ERA.
\nHe feuded with Ty Cobb, as did most players in his day.<\/p>\n

Jim Lonborg made Sox dream come true with Cy Young victory.
\nHe could have had a long career, but he preferred to ski.<\/p>\n

Bob Montgomery, backup backstop, career BoSock Red,
\nWas the last to bat without a helmet on his head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Waner was "Big Poison" and his brother Lloyd was "Little." He holds a record, fourteen straight games with extra base hittle. "Dutch Leonard" had the lowest single season ERA. He feuded with Ty Cobb, … 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-384","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":472,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=472","url_meta":{"origin":384,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June fourteenth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Don Newcombe pitched his best years for beloved Brooklyn Bums. 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