bases.newsvine.com - 6/22/2009
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In honor of the U.S. Open out at Bethpage this weekend, let's look at the greatest baseball players from Long Island, or Strong Island for all you meatheads, in Major League history. The position players are here. Now the pitchers:
bases.newsvine.com - 6/22/2009
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bases.newsvine.com —
In honor of the U.S. Open out at
Bethpage this weekend, let's look at the greatest baseball...
players from Long Island, or Strong Island for all you meatheads, in Major League history. First, the position players:
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Strong Island's Finest: Positional Players
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... riding guys who are getting the job done. Especially when you know that while he was managing the Yankees fans would have killed him for losing games while his best guys rested. And you know you would have been killing him.
In honor of the U.S. Open golf tournament being played ... and played ... and played at rainy Bethpage, NBC Sports has put together lists of the best players to ever come from Long Island. They have separate lists for position players and pitchers. A fun read.
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