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Can You Identify the Red Sox player?
My son, now an adult, used to collect Topps football cards when he was in elementary school. The cards, in good condition, are about 40-years old (circa 1980). If you can identify the Red Sox player, below, from the rhyming couplets, I'll send you, at my expense, ten football cards. If you want the cards, just write down your answer with a name and address and send it to me as a private message. If you have the correct answer, I'll notify you by a private message. I'll then put the cards in the mail (I'm not interested in saving addresses or e-mails).
Who Am I?
‘BOUT THE TIME TOM WAS BESTING TED AND BILL;
THIS HURLER…IN BOSTON…WAS TAKIN’ “THE HILL”.
HE WAS BORN NOT FAR FROM CHAUTAUQUA LAKE;
AN AUSPICIOUS DEBUT THIS RIGHTY DID MAKE.
HE’D BEAT “THE GOTHAMS”…THE DECIDING GAME;
HIS PITCHING SKILLS…THEY’D BRING HIM FAME.
TWO MORE YEARS IN “THE HUB”… MEDIOCRE AT BEST;
HE JUMPED SHIP…AND THEN HEADED WEST.
TO THE HOME OF SIBBY WOULD HE GO;
HE’D BE “SHUFFLIN’ OFF” TO BUFFALO.
“HOLY TOLEDO,” HE’D FINISH UP WITH “THE HENS”;
A LONG-DISTANCE DRIVE FROM THE “FRIENDLY FENS”.
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Walt (Teach)
"Walt, make a 'mental bet' and lose your mind." R.N.S.
"The important thing is what I think of myself."
"David and Lisa" (1962)
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