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Lou Gehrig was the "Iron Horse," until felled by disease.
\nThe Yankee great first baseman saw six series victories.<\/p>\n

Jerry Reuss pitched twenty-two years and with teams aplenty.
\nWon over two hundred games without once winning twenty.<\/p>\n

Johnny LeMaster played shortstop during Giants lean years.
\nOnce wore a shirt with "BOO" on back, responding to fans’ jeers.<\/p>\n

Doug Mientkiewicz helped the Red Sox finally win it all.
\nCaught the last out at first but would not give up the ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lou Gehrig was the "Iron Horse," until felled by disease. The Yankee great first baseman saw six series victories. Jerry Reuss pitched twenty-two years and with teams aplenty. Won over two hundred games without once … 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-479","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":479,"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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