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Jim Northrup

Literary birthday greetings: Ron LeFlore

June 16, 2011

The swift Tiger/Expo/White Sox outfielder turns 63 today. The speedy Tiger presented an interesting story of getting that “one in a million” chance while in prison to try out for the Detroit team, which he turned into a book with Jim Hawkins with One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story. The two collaborated on […]

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Lest we forget: Jim Northrup, Jose Pagan, Paul Splitorff

June 10, 2011 · 3 comments

I heard about Northrup and Pagan on the Mets radio broadcast last night. It’s one thing when a player of Bob Feller’s age passes; he was “before my time.” But when the guys I grew up with start to go, the mortality factor really sets in. Northrup, who died at the age of 71, was […]

Tagged as: Jim Northrup, Jose Pagan, Paul Splitorff

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