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This guy has seen some hills.<\/p>\n<p>Gil McDougald won five series rings, played in three more.<br \/>\nBut he&#8217;s most remembered for his liner that hit Score.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Cerrone: backup catcher&#8217;s what his stat line blares.<br \/>\nBut, in ninety-eight, he resurrected Newark Bears.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Inge came up a catcher, then changed to third base.<br \/>\nThe tattoos on his arms are for his sons, Tyler and Chase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curt Simmons was a lefty who toiled fourteen years for Phils. He then went on to three more clubs. This guy has seen some hills. Gil McDougald won five series rings, played in three more. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=433\">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-433","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":634,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=634","url_meta":{"origin":433,"position":0},"title":"Cyberspace Heaters","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's a shame computer games contain so many guns. Now aliens can shoot down dreams, agnostics hunt for nuns. Lucky kids who kill enough ascend to level three. 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