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Bill Terry and Frankie Frisch, the Fordham Flash. When Frisch was managing the Gashouse Gang, he said: "It is a good thing to have a sense of humor" |
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Gehrig and Wally Pipp. On June 2nd, 1925, Pipp asked to be taken off the starting lineup because he had a headache. His replacement had played with a national college team, but he had earned a scholarship at Columbia University as a football player. At that moment, the New York Times rated him the best college player since
George Sisler. He left college after two years to sign with the Yankees. |
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Burleigh Grimes, wrote John Kieran, always looked like a man about to commit purjury when he was throwing the ball |
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George Sisler was the best hitter in baseball in the 1920s, after Babe Ruth. Sisler, wrote Robert Smith, "spent 10 years making us believe he couldn't hit
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