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Lloyd Waner

Literary birthday greetings: Little Poison

March 16, 2011

Legend has it that Lloyd Waner and his brother Paul, aka “Big Poison” — both members of the Baseball Hall of Fame — received their nicknames not because they were so lethal at the plate — which they were — but because simply because some Brooklyn fans couldn’t pronounce the word “person” according to the […]

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Happy Birthday, Lloyd Waner

March 16, 2008

“Little Poison” was born this day in 1906. The 5’9″ Hall of Fame outfielder for (primarily) this Pittsburgh Prates batted .318 over his 18-year career (1927-45). Legend states that he has his brother, “Big Poison” Paul, were thusly dubbed by Dodger fans who said “There goes the big poison (person in Brooklynese) and the little […]

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