Baseball Trivia Poem

[Teach]

BORN ON THE MOHAWK IN HOOVER’S DAYS;
FOR TEN YEARS HE MADE THE PLAYS.

SHORT..SECOND...AND EVEN THIRD;
HIS BAT WAS WHAT WAS SOMETIMES HEARD.

HE'D EARN A DEGREE AT “THE HALL”;
IN THE PINE TREE STATE..HE’D PLAY SOME BALL.

HE WOULD CATCH THE BALL THROWN BY HARRY S.;
HE WAS VERY EXCITED...HE'D LATER CONFESS.

IN SARASOTA, HE MET “TEDDY BALLGAME”;
HIS WARM-UP MATE..HE WAS THE SAME

HE’D TOIL FOR FIVE TEAMS IN HIS CAREER;
HARDLY 'NOUGH TIME FOR A SHORT BEER.

HE’D FINISH UP WITH THE MINNIE TWINS;
HE HAD AN AILING BACK..AND SORE SHINS.

Who Am I?

[Ocala Mike]

Very tough one, but Seton Hall gave it away: Ted Lepcio.

[Teach]

Ocala Mike,

You are sharp! By the way, Ted Lepcio, now in his 80s, doesn't live that far from me. He lives in a town called Dedham, MA, just south of Boston. He was born in Utica, NY; a city that I lived in as a young boy.