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Old 05-17-2022, 07:29 PM
Jason19th Jason19th is offline
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Originally Posted by molenick View Post
I can understand getting Ruth's birth date wrong if it was taken from another source which was also incorrect. But I can't figure out why they said "Joe played 2nd base for the N.Y. Yankees". DiMaggio was still an active player at the time (although in the service) so "played" is an odd way to phrase it. And 2nd base is clearly out of left field (or out of center field in this case).
Did they some how mix up Joe Gordon and Joe D
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