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Dick Williams guided Oakland A’s to two World Series rings.
\nHe’d almost taken Sox there, but Bob Gibson screwed up things.<\/p>\n

Claude Raymond was called "Frenchy," ’cause he was a Quebec guy.
\nFor two straight years, his Topps card showed him with an unzipped fly.<\/p>\n

Al Williams was a Nicaraguan righty with the Twins.
\n‘Twas with the Sandinistas that he scored his biggest wins.<\/p>\n

Brook Fordyce was a catcher, brought up in the nutmeg state.
\nHis best year was two-thousand, hit three-hundred at the plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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