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Eddie Collins’ teams were series champions six times.
\nOnce was with the "Black Sox," but he was absolved of crimes.<\/p>\n

Eddie Bressoud played both coasts for Giants, then back east,
\nTraded to the Red Sox for Don Buddin, fielding beast.<\/p>\n

Gates Brown played thirteen years with Tigers, famous for pinch hits.
\nGot series ring and coached seven more years, then called it quits.<\/p>\n

Hideki Irabu left Japan to be a Yank.
\nPitched three years there, won two rings, then went into the tank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eddie Collins’ teams were series champions six times. Once was with the "Black Sox," but he was absolved of crimes. Eddie Bressoud played both coasts for Giants, then back east, Traded to the Red Sox … 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-404","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":488,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=488","url_meta":{"origin":404,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June twenty-seventh","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Gus Zernial was A.L. homer champ in fifty-one. 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