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Originally Posted by Mark70Z
You have to love "Steady Eddie". Wasn't it at Charlotte where he learned to switch hit? Then, the next year win the AL Rookie of the Year  |
Eddie generally credits Jimmie Shaffer (the Charlotte manager that year) for making him into a switch hitter.
Back in 2016, I was fortunate to be invited to the 40th Anniversary Reunion of that 1976 club (which was the first year it was an Orioles affiliate) and took this picture of Eddie & Jimmie:
