CLOSED!! 1939-1959...$25 Progressive Lot Auction...Day 7

[1966CUDA]

Don't want to bid.... want to keep reading all the great info you add with each post. Always fun reads when you do these!! -Claude

[HercDriver]

Cal McLish...Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish. I would have loved to have seen that on one of those checklist cards. As for Sammy Esposito, he was one of those mediocre players that became great managers, like Lasorda and Sparky. Esposito left the GoGo Sox to manage at North Carolina State, leading the Wolfpack to a 513-253 record in his 21 seasons there. He won the ACC Championship three seasons in a row at one point, and is still the winningest coach in their program's history. Ron Hansen proved you can be on top one day, and mopping up the next. He pulled off an unassisted triple play in 1968, the first time it had been done since 1927, and the last one until Mickey Morandini managed it in 1992. It's a pretty rare feat, as only 15 have been recorded in MLB history. However, Hansen struck out out his next six times at the plate, dimming his glory somewhat. Later that year, he hit a grand slam to rise to glory again, only to be traded the next day for Tim Cullen. The odd thing about that, was that he had already been traded for Tim Cullen once that season, becoming the first pair traded for each other in MLB history.