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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B
I'll also share my thanks for the link to the Rice article. A very, very, very overlooked HOFer. It felt right to appreciate his career and life a little more.
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I'm glad to share that article. I knew Rice's name from the baseball encyclopedias (which earned him a roster spot on my all-time Twins team in a league I created in Earl Weaver Baseball on my old PC) but I didn't know much of anything about him until I read that article and he's been one of my favorites since then.
If I can add another one, how about Johnny Kling? After winning back-to-back World Series titles with the Cubs he sat out all of 1909 to play professional billiards. He even won a world championship while the Cubs finished second behind the Pirates that season.