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The Polack MSgt

(13,455 posts) Sun Dec 26, 2021, 03:10 PM Dec 2021

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This is a nice story. (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Dec 2021 OP

Good for Descalso Doc Sportello Dec 2021 #1

Did you ever read the Curious Case of Corporal Descalso? The Polack MSgt Dec 2021 #2

Well that has Roy Hobbs beat Doc Sportello Dec 2021 #3

(7,962 posts)

1. Good for Descalso

Sun Dec 26, 2021, 03:25 PM

Dec 2021

Always one of my favorite Cardinal utility players.

(13,455 posts)

2. Did you ever read the Curious Case of Corporal Descalso?

Sun Dec 26, 2021, 03:33 PM

Dec 2021

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3. Well that has Roy Hobbs beat

Sun Dec 26, 2021, 03:49 PM

Dec 2021

Wonder where that story came from. He sort of looks like that little Italian guy in Band of Brothers.

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4. It is a nice story. That first hit was one more than he got when he was with the Cubs.

Sun Dec 26, 2021, 04:07 PM

Dec 2021

Not really; he got 29 hits, which may be why that 2019 season was his last in the big leagues.