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Eric Davis

* Happy Birthday, Eric Davis

May 29, 2009

Davis was another of those ballplayers with Mickey Mantle-potential, compared with his friend Darryl Strawberry, who had Ted Williams-potential. Neither of them fulfilled the predictions but both did share a life-threatening malady: colon cancer. Davis wrote about his travails in Born to Play: The Eric Davis Story, Life Lessons in Overcoming Adversity on and off […]

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* Happy birthday, Eric Davis

May 29, 2008

The superstar for the Reds and several other teams turns 46 today. Davis, who played for published his autobiography after battling back from colon cancer (like his friend Darryl Strawberry), seemed destined for greatness, having some terrific years with Cincinnati. His injury during the World Series against the Oakland A’s in 1990 made headlines not […]

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