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hardballtimes.com - 4/20/2009

Land of 10,000 coincidences

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In an extension of a recent column , Chris notes a slew of occasions when life and baseball had something interesting happen to them in the same day. Click the title to read more. Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.

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slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 4/19/2009

This Week in Yankees History (4/19-4/25)

— slidingintohome.blogspot.com — This Week in Yankees History April 19th - April 25th April 19th 1887 - Former Yankees INF... John “Jack” Martin (1912) was born. On August 12, 1912, John was traded by the Highlanders along with Jack Quinn to the Rochester (IL) for INF Tommy McMillan. He hit .225 in 71 games with the team.  ... (more) This Week in Yankees History (4/19-4/25)

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slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 4/26/2009

This Week in Yankees History (4/26-5/2)

— slidingintohome.blogspot.com — This Week in Yankees History April 26th - May 2nd April 26th 1883 - Former Yankees P... Ray “Slim” Caldwell (1910-1918) was born. Ray posted a 99-99 pitching career record in 258 games for the Yankees. His best Yankees seasons were in 1914, he went 17-9 and in 1915, posting a 19-16 mark. On ... (more) This Week in Yankees History (4/26-5/2)

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Comments vote downundo vote up Greg C. posted 4/26/2009posted this

• studes

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  Great read, Chris.  Thanks.

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  • chattanooga

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    Thanks for the article. It's nice to see someone use some perspective and illustrate how largely irrelevant baseball is to world history. It's easy for fans to get absorbed into a pleasant distraction and forget to notice what's really important around us.

    Posted 4/20/2009 respond (flag)

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