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John Kennedy first time up for Senators hit a tater.
\nBorn same day as JFK, but twenty-four years later.<\/p>\n

"Blue Moon" Odom pitched in threepeat series wins for A’s.
\nA battler, he was known to fight with teammates in those days.<\/p>\n

Eric Davis looked like he would dominate the sport.
\nBut injuries and cancer cut his outfield career short.<\/p>\n

Jerry Hairston, Jr.’s dad and grandpop both played ball.
\nWas cited once for steroid use but never took the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Kennedy first time up for Senators hit a tater. Born same day as JFK, but twenty-four years later. "Blue Moon" Odom pitched in threepeat series wins for A’s. A battler, he was known to … 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-451","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":351,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=351","url_meta":{"origin":451,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: March twenty-second","author":"Rick Young","date":"March 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Ramon Martinez always said brother Pedro was better. 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