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Mel Parnell, deft lefty, had a fine Red Sox career.
\nThe ten-year veteran hurler threw a no-no his last year.<\/p>\n

Marcel Lachemann pitched two years relief as Oakland A.
\nAlso managed briefly, not as well as bro, Rene.<\/p>\n

Ernie Whitt, a catcher, had his best years as a Jay.
\nHe came up with the Red Sox, but a Fisk was in his way.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Lucroy is Brewers backstop for good reason.
\nFirst catcher with two seven-RBI games in one season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mel Parnell, deft lefty, had a fine Red Sox career. The ten-year veteran hurler threw a no-no his last year. Marcel Lachemann pitched two years relief as Oakland A. Also managed briefly, not as well … 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-471","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":462,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=462","url_meta":{"origin":471,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June seventh","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Herb Score had two great years, then his career seemed to die. 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