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Ron Cey

What are the odds?

June 15, 2023

This is a question I often ask in the face of an unusual event. At the age of 75, Ron “The Penguin” Cey has found a second act, including a podcast and new book, Penguin Power: Dodger Blue, Hollywood Lights, and a One-in-a-Million Big League Journey. Now you know how I feel about “superlative” titles, […]

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Literary birthday greetings: The Penguin and Sliding Billy

February 15, 2011

No, not Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, but Ron Cey, the six-time all-star third baseman for the LA Dodgers, and later the Chicago Cubs and Oakland A’s, turns 63 today. I actually found a book “by” Cey: How To Play Third Base: A Movie In Your Pocket, published in 1977 and described by a used book store […]

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