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Old 10-26-2019, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by pclpads View Post
Whammy?? WTF?
Dave, when Boyd and Harris wrote their classic baseball card book in the early 70s, that card had gotten their attention. They put a picture of the '58 Douglas in the book, slathering it with a distinctive caption along the lines of----someone has got to be putting us on!

Whammy's actual first name was Charles, and he hailed from North Carolina. Lasted a year in the bigs as a Buc pitcher, going 3-3. The gentleman passed away five years ago.

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