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Happy 85th birthday to one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, if not *the* greatest: Willie Mays!
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- 24-Time All-Star
- World Series Champion 1954
- 2-Time NL MVP
- NL Rookie of the Year 1951
- 12-Time Gold Glove Winner
- 2-Time MLB All-Star Game MVP
- Roberto Clemente Award 1971
- NL Batting Champion 1954
- 4-Time NL Home-Run Leader
- 4-Time NL Stolen Base Leader
- Hit 4 Home Runs in One Game 1961
- 660 Career Home Runs
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Carl Hubbell! I know his name well, and have never once seen a film clip of him - famous for his screwball. His 1933-1937 seasons were extraordinary (note also in that link the #1 pitcher in "Similarity" to Hubbell). I vaguely recall "hearing" (and I mean, I can still hear it in my mind) in a documentary, an extremely gravelly voiced, older man saying "Carl Hubbell" when talking about the best pitchers ever - was that Red Barber in the Burns video? From Wikipedia, it says he set the major league record for consecutive wins with 24, and reminds us that he struck out Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons, and Cronin, in order, during the 1934 All Star Game - stories like that are what legends are made of.
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With all these tags about Frank Gifford, you'd think I'd be writing about his football career, but only tangentially: Gifford was a commentator on ABC's Monday Night Football for 27 years, and (get ready for a 180-degree turn) it's largely due to him that the world was informed of John Lennon's assassination as soon as it was.
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- NFL Champion 1956
- 8-Time Pro Bowl Selection
- 6-Time NFL 1st-Team All-Pro
- NFL MVP 1956
- NFL Comeback Player of the Year 1962
- NFL 1950s All-Decade Team
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- 1st-Team All-American 1951
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- ABCs Monday Night Football
- Commentator for 27 Years