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Uptown Drug Bust

01/01/70 Source: The Dispatch

When police returned two days later, the victim told investigators several rare coins and currency had been stolen, along with a baseball autographed by Hall of Famers Babe Ruth and Rabbit Maranville, along with another baseball autographed by

Omar Vizquel and the Hall of Fame

01/01/70 Source: NBCSports.com

Offensively, Vizquel matches up nicely with Hall of Famers Luis Aparicio and Rabbit Maranville. He's a notch below Smith. That Ozzie was seen by many as such a no-brainer helps Vizquel immensely. After all, if Ozzie is so obviously a Hall of Famer and

How Good would this team be?

Q: I had the idea of ​​this issue a response to one of my previous questions, and the fact that I'm incredibly bored right now.

C. Johnny Peacock
1B. Jimmie Foxx
2B. Nellie Fox
SS. Rabbit Maranville
3B. Mike Lamb
D '.

Mike Lamb replaced with Mike Schmidt and George Brett and that would be a hell of a team.

What Hall of Famers do you think got in because of their glove?

Q: I'm looking for position players whose glove was a major part of their HOF case. Even if they had good numbers, it's the glove that is the most important part of their case.
So far, I'm thinking Brooks Robinson, Bill Mazeroski, Ozzie Smith and Rabbit Maranville. Can you

A: The Maz for sure, and one big swing.

Mazeroski

When Bill Mazeroski was elected to the Hall of Fame nearly 20 years after he retired, he was choked with emotion. He used the few words he said to make a case for "defense in the Hall of Fame." He was one of the more controversial players to earn entry to Cooperstown,

Astros Altuve stands shorter than all active MLB players

He is the Sultan short, the smallest player position on a list of major league active. When the second goal made the jump Jose Altuve Class AA in the big leagues last month, Astros manager Brad Mills could not resist firing off a cheeky message to an old friend.

The message to Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona: "Pedroia Say it is not the smallest guy in major league baseball."

"I'm on it," Francona shot back.

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is listed at 5-9 and has a 2008 Award of the American League Most Valuable Player in his name. Pedroia is listed an inch taller than the Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins of Philadelphia, the 2007 National League MVP. Rollins is listed an inch taller than Altuve, which, in at least a moment of weakness admitted to being 5-6.

Mary Maranville, Farmer of the Month

Ten Valuable Rabbit Maranville Baseball Collectibles

Springfield, Massachusetts-born Walter James Vincent "Rabbit" Maranville (1891-1954) was one of the premier shortstops of his era. Standing a mere 5′5" tall and weighing around 155 pounds, Maranville played his 1912-1935 major league career with the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Robins and St. Louis Cardinals, amassing 2,605 hits, 884 runs batted in, 291 stolen bases and a lifetime batting average of .258. Renowned for his fielding skills, hard drinking, practical jokes and feisty play on the diamond, Rabbit Maranville was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.

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