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Tom Sturdivant twice won sixteen in Yankee pennant seasons,
\nThen bounced around for several years; arm troubles were the reasons.<\/p>\n

Pedro Ramos lasted fifteen years of righty tosses.
\nWith Senators and Twins he lead the league four times in losses.<\/p>\n

Tom Browning, good Reds lefty, had a ring and perfect game.
\nHe broke his arm while pitching, career-ending, quite a shame.<\/p>\n

Barry Larkin, nineteen years a shortstop for the Reds,
\nMade the Hall, now oft is one of baseball’s talking heads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom Sturdivant twice won sixteen in Yankee pennant seasons, Then bounced around for several years; arm troubles were the reasons. Pedro Ramos lasted fifteen years of righty tosses. With Senators and Twins he lead the … 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-400","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":390,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=390","url_meta":{"origin":400,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: April nineteenth","author":"Rick Young","date":"April 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Bucky Walters pitched the Reds to series victory. 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