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"Turkey" Donlin played the outfield in the dead ball age.
\nThe hard-hitting playboy gave up baseball for the stage.<\/p>\n

"Turk" Lown took White Sox to the series, pitching late relief.
\nAfter baseball he became a mailman. Fame is brief.<\/p>\n

Ed Rakow pitched six years, four teams.
\nHis nickname, now, is "Rock," it seems.<\/p>\n

Manny Ramirez acted out, "being himself" the reason.
\nHe won two series with the Sox, has most home runs, post-season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

"Turkey" Donlin played the outfield in the dead ball age. The hard-hitting playboy gave up baseball for the stage. "Turk" Lown took White Sox to the series, pitching late relief. After baseball he became a … 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-452","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":404,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=404","url_meta":{"origin":452,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: May second","author":"Rick Young","date":"May 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Eddie Collins' teams were series champions six times. 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