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Remembering Baseball's Right-Wing Rotation - The Ringer
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Tales of Tommy: Punishment shaves, a flooded apartment & more legends about Tommy Kahnle – New York Daily News
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Phillies Minor Leaguer loses eye
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Former MLB Hurler Remembers 5 Pitches That Derailed His Career
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Joe Charboneau – Society for American Baseball Research
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Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt: Once Alex Rodriguez signed his huge contract, he was cursed
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SCHMIDT: Alex Rodriguez cursed after big contract – Saratogian
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The Philadelphia Phillies Dominant Starting Rotation is Helping Their Bullpen Thrive - Sports Illustrated Inside The Phillies
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He Was A Giant? Tony The Tiger Hayes feature article – Sports Radio Service
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball - The New York Times
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The Baseball 100: No. 63, Steve Carlton - The Athletic
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OTL: The Long, Strange Trip of Dock Ellis - MLB - ESPN
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Being Gabe Kapler: Inside the mind of the San Francisco Giants' nonconformist manager - ESPN
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Irish Americans - Wikipedia
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