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Baseball

Kingofalldems

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1. The first game I ever attended he was playing.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 08:54 PM

Oct 2015

He went like 3 for 3 with a homer.

Another interesting fact----late in his career he had his own personal 7th inning replacement guy--Gene Stephens. Stephen's job was to sub for Williams.

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Who was the first player in MLB history to steal a base in 4 decades? [View all] kairos12 Sep 2015 OP

The first game I ever attended he was playing. Kingofalldems Oct 2015 #1

What a thrill to be able to see him play. kairos12 Oct 2015 #2

And here I was sure the answer would be Eddie Collins... malthaussen Oct 2015 #3