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Lest we forget: Minnie Minoso

March 2, 2015

The pioneering ballplayer died Sunday at the purported age of 89 (or maybe it was 90; records are not clear about his exact DOB). Here’s the NY Times obituary by Richard Goldstein. And here’s another from the Chicago Tribune as well as a tribute piece. Books about Minoso include: Just Call Me Minnie: My Six […]

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Literary birthday greetings

November 29, 2010

Catching up after the holidays, we have: Bill Freehan turns 65 today. The backbone of the Detroit Tigers, Freehan published Behind the Mask; an Inside Baseball Diary in 1970. Minnie Minoso, aka The Cuban Comet, turns 85. He published Extra Innings: My Life in Baseball in 1983 and followed it up 11 years later with […]

Tagged as: Bill Freehan, Joe DiMaggio, Minnie Minoso

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