Speaking of the 1955 Dodgers, I am a fourth-cousin, once-removed, of outfielder Bert Hamric. I never met him, but wrote to him a couple of times - before I knew our kinship. His Major League career was very short - two games with the 1955 Dodgers and eight with the 1958 Orioles. If you were going to be a short-time Major Leaguer, I guess the 1955 Dodgers would be a good team to be with!
I asked Tom Lasorda once if he remembered Bert Hamric, and he said "Sure, we roomed together when we were with Montreal. He died way too soon." That somewhat surprised me since Lasorda was very much in the limelight, and Bert had faded into obscurity, but old ballplayers always seem to know about each other.
If anyone has ticket stubs from one or both of Bert's games with the 1955 Dodgers (April 24 against the Giants and April 28 against the Cubs, both at Ebbets Field), I'd be very interested in obtaining - or at least seeing - them.
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