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...pick up the heaviest baseball ever, a shotput covered with a leather hide. Hanging on a book opposite the front door is a set of 1940s catcher's gear below it is a wooden club emblazoned "Louisville Bat Co." manufactured years before the company changed its named to "Louisville Slugger." Sheet music of various baseball songs including four of the five original copies of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," cover the walls...
Other rare treats include one of Charley Finley's orange baseballs, autographed by Vida Blue and an autographed glossy of Reggie Jackson in an Orioles uniform an item the itinerant slugger himself lacked until Kelly gave some...
...this year the spark just doesn't seem to be there. The pitching--once without question the best in the league--has been horrific, as the team ERA is near 5.00. But more ominous, a failure to execute fundamentals has killed the Birds, cancelling out slugger Eddie Murray's MVP year thus...
...first six seasons this slugger led his league in every offensive category except walks and triples. Over this six year span he averaged over 200 hits. 115 runs, 120 RBIs a season and batted 359, better than any other player in history over this same time span. Yet he is not in the Hall of Fame. You've got 10 points for his name and five more if you can name what other records he holds...
...game ended typically--in sloppy Crimson fashion. With two out in the seventh, star Crimson slugger Pat Home ripped a long hit driving in two runs, but leadoff hitter Alissa Friedman got caught trying for an extra base for the final...