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Perhaps the only fame he has<br \/>\nIs that he pinch hit for Williams and, a season later, Yaz.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks Robinson, the &quot;Human Vacuum,&quot; played a mean third base.<br \/>\nHis sixteen gold gloves recognize how well he&#8217;d guard his space.<\/p>\n<p>Reggie Jackson hit three homers in a series game,<br \/>\nWith a swing so sweet a candy bar bore his first name.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Sundberg caught for sixteen years, until his bones were creaking.<br \/>\nHe makes his living nowadays with motivation speaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carroll Hardy played eight years. Perhaps the only fame he has Is that he pinch hit for Williams and, a season later, Yaz. Brooks Robinson, the &quot;Human Vacuum,&quot; played a mean third base. His sixteen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=430\">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-430","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":487,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=487","url_meta":{"origin":430,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June twenty-sixth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Babe Herman hit for the cycle a co-record three times. His fielding and base running were considered minor crimes. \"Home Run\" Brown, a longtime Monarch, is now in the Hall of Fame. 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