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Old 02-21-2018, 08:56 PM
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Obscure today,
I led my leagues in many things,
And after my heyday
I even snagged a couple of rings.

At my best
I was more than fit for the Hall,
At my worst,
I could still tell a strike from a ball.
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Old 02-22-2018, 12:44 PM
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Obscure today,
I led my leagues in many things,
And after my heyday
I even snagged a couple of rings.

At my best
I was more than fit for the Hall,
At my worst,
I could still tell a strike from a ball.
I want to say Dinneen, particularly because of that last line, but I don't know what the couple of rings refer to. I had to look it up, but he has just the one World Series title, and that was during his heyday it seems. Maybe he married twice? Or do I just have the wrong guy?
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Old 02-22-2018, 02:26 PM
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Sherry Magee?
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Old 02-22-2018, 05:30 PM
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Magee was all NL. Didn't Ed Walsh umpire briefly?
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Old 02-22-2018, 06:40 PM
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Peter: He also had a great American Association career after MLB.
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Old 02-22-2018, 10:52 PM
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Obscure today,
I led my leagues in many things,
And after my heyday
I even snagged a couple of rings.

At my best
I was more than fit for the Hall,
At my worst,
I could still tell a strike from a ball.
Eddie Rommel? He led the AL in eight categories between 1921 and 1928, was on the A's World Series winning teams of 1929 and 1930 even though he didn't play in the 1930 Series, had Hall Of Fame worthy years in 1922 and 1925, and then was an umpire for twenty plus years.
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Old 02-23-2018, 12:48 AM
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One minor correction that I hope has not been confusing.

The subject played in more than one league but was only a league leader in one.
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Old 02-23-2018, 01:03 AM
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Default Wow, Rommel might as well be!
Cliff,
That is a brilliant deduction, well done!

My guy is someone else but Cliff is a winner in my book.


Another clue, this one a giveaway:

Why not more stories?
I led the NL in eight categories!
My league record stood for 34 years.
In deserted West Side bars one still hears:
147 in 11!
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Old 02-23-2018, 03:52 AM
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Cliff,
That is a brilliant deduction, well done!

My guy is someone else but Cliff is a winner in my book.


Another clue, this one a giveaway:

Why not more stories?
I led the NL in eight categories!
My league record stood for 34 years.
In deserted West Side bars one still hears:
147 in 11!
It's Jimmy Sheckard then, but next turn belongs to Charlie or Cliff.
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Old 02-23-2018, 07:19 AM
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I didn't guess the right guy and I'm not a good riddler, so I will defer again.
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It's Jimmy Sheckard then, but next turn belongs to Charlie or Cliff.
Sorry Glenn, I defer back to you.
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Old 02-24-2018, 04:38 AM
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There are different sizes for cups of coffee,
But I never once swung the lumber.
Played my short career for a single team,
And today they don't wear my number.
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