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Omar Vizquel had fielding skills no shortstop could approach.
\nHe once won nine straight gold gloves. Now he’s a Tiger coach.<\/p>\n

"Chipper" Jones, a lifelong Brave, is destined for the Hall.
\nHis switch-hit stats rank him amongst the best in all baseball.<\/p>\n

Bill Singer was a righty slinger, mostly on the coast.
\nWon twenty twice and had a no-no, of which he can boast.<\/p>\n

Carlos Beltran has a great post-season history,
\nDespite an NLCS series-ending called strike three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Omar Vizquel had fielding skills no shortstop could approach. He once won nine straight gold gloves. Now he’s a Tiger coach. "Chipper" Jones, a lifelong Brave, is destined for the Hall. His switch-hit stats rank … 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-395","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":351,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=351","url_meta":{"origin":395,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: March twenty-second","author":"Rick Young","date":"March 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Ramon Martinez always said brother Pedro was better. 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