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Well, You Can Call Me Ray, Or You Can Call Me Jay...
Possibly the all-time lulu of baseball name stories - eclipsing even the multiple spellings of Ismael Valdes/Valdez, and pitcher Harry Rasmussen changing his first name to Eric, and the verbal fistfights that used to break out over Dick Allen's right to call himself anything besides "Richie" - ...
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Olbermann: Well, You Can Call Me Ray, Or You Can Call Me Jay… UPDATED
BBTF's Baseball Primer NewsblogOlbermann: Well, You Can Call Me Ray, Or You Can Call Me Jay… UPDATED Update, 12:15 AM EDT 7/2: I forgot! The aforementioned Mr. Wally Jose Bryan was also a little off on his age, which invokes the greatest baseball biography ever written, on the back of the 1964 Phillies’ Rookie Card featuring Dave Bennett (the top one here). If the wonderful image of a man getting younger before your very eyes doesn’t register, read the write-up outloud. image

Daily Box Score 7/2: Signing Periods, All-Star Voting, and Service Clocks
Beyond the Box Score — ... . But Keith Olbermann reminds us that it wasn't always just Latin talent that was guilty of chronological subterfuge. ...

Speed Read: Artest Shuns Cavs, Chooses Lakers
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... , partly because of the multiple laughable errors made throughout the set by Topps’ editorial staff, which seemed to exist of a five-year-old with a learning disability. And Keith Olbermann delivers us the most ridiculous error in the set (if you’re not getting it, just read Dave Bennett’s bio again): ...

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