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Old 01-31-2018, 03:56 PM
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Do you just mean because the birth records might be kind of spotty? There isn't one whose place of birth is listed officially as Venezuela.
Just a guess. Mexico would seem an obvious possibility but can't think of anyone.
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Well I know Cuba has got to be one. The Dominican Republic is another. I know Carew is from Panama. Not sure about the others. Wasn't Blyleven from Denmark or Holland?
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Wait, wasn't Bert Blyleven born in the Netherlands? So I guess that's country six.
Historically Holland is only part of the Netherlands, but the two names names are often considered interchangeable.

The obvious exception is the absence of netherlandaise sauce in my cook book.

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Non players - United Kingdom and Germany
Players - Netherlands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Panama and Canada.
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Indeed. And who, without looking of course, knows the name of the Deutschlander?
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Fair point. And yes, Dreyfus.
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Indeed. And who, without looking of course, knows the name of the Deutschlander?
Barney Dreyfus. Germany was not a country at the time he was born. It was a federation of states.
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Historically Holland is only part of the Netherlands, but the two names names are often considered interchangeable.

The obvious exception is the absence of netherlandaise sauce in my cook book.

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Just a guess. Mexico would seem an obvious possibility but can't think of anyone.
Any chance Fernando Valenzuela makes it someday?
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Any chance Fernando Valenzuela makes it someday?


For the effect they had on the global market , both Fernando and Hideo Nomo deserve some great recognition, though I don't think either are 'One-Percenters'.
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