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Ruppert Jones was the Mariners first All-Star in 1977. © Seattle Mariners
Strike three.
Mickey Mantle, after hitting two home runs in the World Series against the Pirates, Pittsburgh, 1960.
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Francisco Monastery, Ozzie Guillen, Argenis Salazar Perez and Raul Tovar, ca. 1985
Tiburones de La Guaira
La Guaira, Venezuela
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BOB CLANTON (manager, North Mission Viejo Skylarks Little League team): [Nick Punto] was our best player, by a country mile. But whenever he put a ball in play and the throw went to first, he slid. Headfirst, every time. He’d just yell “GET MONEY” and slide.
JEFF ALVIN (teammate, North Mission Viejo Skylarks): every time. If he was safe, “GET PAID!”
CLANTON: we’d pull him aside and say, “Nick, you gotta run through the bag. Sliding slows you down and you’re gonna hurt yourself one of these days.” He’d just say, “Yeah, coach, got it, c’mon let’s gooooo!” Then he’d do it again anyway.
- Randball’s Stu, Twinkie Town/SB Nation
Read the rest: “An Oral History of Nick Punto Sliding Headfirst into First Base”
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BOB CLANTON (manager, North Mission Viejo Skylarks Little League team): [Nick Punto] was our best player, by a country mile. But whenever he put a ball in play and the throw went to first, he slid. Headfirst, every time. He’d just yell “GET MONEY” and slide.
JEFF ALVIN (teammate, North Mission Viejo Skylarks): every time. If he was safe, “GET PAID!”
CLANTON: we’d pull him aside and say, “Nick, you gotta run through the bag. Sliding slows you down and you’re gonna hurt yourself one of these days.” He’d just say, “Yeah, coach, got it, c’mon let’s gooooo!” Then he’d do it again anyway.
- Randball’s Stu, Twinkie Town/SB Nation
Read the rest: “An Oral History of Nick Punto Sliding Headfirst into First Base”
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Photo day, Metropolitan Stadium 1962. My Aunt digitized these old slides and gave some framed prints to my Mom for Christmas. My Grandpa was likely the photographer. My mom, 12 years old, is visible in the Athletics’ dugout on the left, and that’s my Grandma in the blue dress.
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