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Old 01-04-2015, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Runscott View Post
Congrats Dave. I had to look up 'Gator' - surprised I never heard him called that, but I'm not much of a Red Sox fan. I mainly remember Greenwell for being a sure-bet HOF'er early in his career - he's a good example of why you can't write in Trout for a while yet. Also remember Greenwell as part of that infamous Topps set that had so many 'sure bet' rookie cards, all of which ended up being fails.
I, also, had no idea who the Gator was!

Wasn't Guidry known as that also?

Finally, wasn't Greenwell runner up MVP one year to Canseco and there was the talk (like with Braun) of giving him the award? I know my syntax is garbled....it's early!
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