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	20th Century All-Star Tournament
		With Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg available for the 1930s, the Ruth-Gehrig duo was kept together.
		Because Frankie Frisch could backup at both second and third, the club carried Bill Terry as a third first baseman.
		Lon Warneke, "The Arkansas Hummingbird," was sensational as a swing man for a pitching staff so deep that Carl Hubbell got just 14 starts.
	www.springtrainingmagazine.com /20thcent1.html (2708 words)

	American Dreams and Dynasties: American League 1964
		, as catcher Bill Freehan batted.300 with 18 homers and 80 RBI, and Al Kaline hit.293-17-68.
		According to Bill James’ Win Shares, Norm Cash of Detroit should have been selected over Power, who was not a regular; 2B Jerry Adair of Baltimore and SS Ron Hansen of Chicago were more deserving; and the top three defensive outfielders were Jackie Brandt of Baltimore, Jimmie Hall of Minnesota, and Mike Hershberger of Chicago.
		The Yankees faced a young Cardinal team in the World Series and lost in seven games, as Whitey Ford started Game 1, got knocked around, and did not pitch again with arm problems.
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	AaronGleeman.com
		Playing catcher is a unique job with many different challenges than players at other positions face, and I think it would make more sense to look at the top catchers in baseball history, to see at what ages they first got significant playing time in the majors.
		Here is Bill James' ranking of the top 15 catchers of all-time from The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, along with the age they first reached 150+ plate appearances in a season:
		Very similar to the list of the last 30 Hall of Famers.
	www.aarongleeman.com /2003_08_10_baseballblog_archive.html (8143 words)

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