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BeyondGeography

(40,068 posts)

3. Terrible news

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:51 PM

Saturday

If there was a more exciting baseball player in the last 50+ years than Rickey it would be news to me. I watched him on the telly and then many times in person in NY. He was so much fun, as a player and a person, and his talent-level was otherworldly. What a loss.

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