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| | Getting hot at Series time can turn baseball no-names into October surprises - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | While the World Series has provided a grander stage for some of the game's greats — among them Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and Reggie Jackson — to showcase their talent, the Series has a tradition of producing improbable heroes, too. |
 | | Before the 1972 World Series against the Reds, Tenace, a catcher for the A's, would have been a good candidate for whom to be pinch-hit, too. |
 | | Instrumental in his continued success in the Series, he says, was that there was no time to dwell on the past. |
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