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Baseball's ranks are filled with those whose careers may not have
been as spectacular as Ruth or Mays but who played essential roles
in the game's history, like footnotes in a great book. Some were
well known in their day, featured on the front of the sports
section; others were lesser lights whose feats and misdeeds were so
notable they deserve to be remembered. Bert Shepard pitched a game
for the Washington Senators in 1945 despite being shot down over
Germany the year before and losing a leg. Bernie Carbo hit a
dramatic three-run homer in the eighth inning to tie Game Six of
the 1975 World Series--but his blast was completely upstaged an
hour or so later by Red Sox teammate Carlton Fisk's unforgettable
shot down the left field line. Bo Belinsky no-hit the powerful
Baltimore Orioles in 1962, but he finished his career with a
monumentally disappointing 28-51 record. The 39 other subjects
profiled in this work prove that, in baseball, fame can be
fleeting.
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