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Turk Wendell

* Nicknames of the day

August 22, 2008

Happy Felsch was one of the cadre of Black Sox banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. Guess he wasn’t so happy after that. His best season was the last of his six-year career, all spent with Chicago, in which he had 40 doubles, 15 triples, 14 homers and 115 runs batted […]

Tagged as: baseball nicknames, Happy Felsch, Kitty Bransfield, Turk Wendell

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* Happy birthday, Turk Wendell

May 19, 2008

The colorful reliever for the Cubs, Mets, Phillies, and Rockies turns 41 today. Wendell received the Pat Jordan treatment in cover story for the New York Times Sunday Magazine on April 8, 1993 (PDF file).

Tagged as: Pat Jordan, Turk Wendell

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