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Charlie Gehringer was dubbed "The Mechanical Man."
\nHad seven years two-hundred hits, a career Tiger man.<\/p>\n

Rip Sewell learned his blooper pitch when injury made him lame.
\nTed Williams hit one in the seats, forty-six All Star Game.<\/p>\n

Milt Pappas came up young and had his best years for the O’s.
\nHe won two-hundred games, pitched one no-hitter. So it goes.<\/p>\n

Floyd Youmans won just thirty games, most of them as a starter.
\nHe was in the big trade that brought Mets old Gary Carter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charlie Gehringer was dubbed "The Mechanical Man." Had seven years two-hundred hits, a career Tiger man. Rip Sewell learned his blooper pitch when injury made him lame. Ted Williams hit one in the seats, forty-six … 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-419","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":479,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=479","url_meta":{"origin":419,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June nineteenth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Lou Gehrig was the \"Iron Horse,\" until felled by disease. 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