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Mike Epstein got his ring with Oakland A’s, seventy-two.
\nQuite often hit by pitches, he was nicknamed "Super Jew."<\/p>\n

Rene Lachemann was a catcher who went on to manage.
\nFirst skipper of Marlins, which was not to his advantage.<\/p>\n

Ken Oberkfell, known best as bearded infielder with Cards,
\nWon one ring there then played for five more teams. The man’s seen yards.<\/p>\n

Rick Leach came out of Michigan, a quarterback superb.
\nBut he picked baseball, played ten years, then got kicked to the curb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike Epstein got his ring with Oakland A’s, seventy-two. Quite often hit by pitches, he was nicknamed "Super Jew." Rene Lachemann was a catcher who went on to manage. First skipper of Marlins, which was … 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-408","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":404,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=404","url_meta":{"origin":408,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: May second","author":"Rick Young","date":"May 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Eddie Collins' teams were series champions six times. 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