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Baseball Heroes: Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron

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Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron - Roberto Clemente: HOF, 15x All-Star, MVP, WS MVP, 12 GG, 4x Batting Titles, 2x Hits Leader, 3B Leader, 3.000 Hits. - Willie Mays: HOF, 24x All-Star, 2x MVP, 2x AS MVP, ROY, 12x GG, Batting Title, 4x HR Leader, 4x SB Leader, 2x OBP Leader, 5x SLG Leader, 5x OPS Leader, 2x Runs Leader, Hits Leader, 3x 3B Leader, 3.283 Hits, 660 RBI. - Hank Aaron: HOF, 25x All-Star, 3x GG, MVP, 2x Batting Titles, 4x HR Leader, 4x RBI Leader, 4x SLG Leader, 3x OPS Leader, 3x Runs Leader, 2x Hits Leader, 4x 2B Leader, 3.771 Hits, 755 HR, All-Time RBI Leader (2.297 RBI) 

June 4: Happy Birthday Tony Peña!

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Happy Birthday, Tony! Antonio Francesco Peña was born on June 4, 1954 in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic. 5x All-Star, 4x Gold Glove, Manager of the Year, several defensive leaderships. .260 AVG, 107 HR, 708 RBI, 80 SB, 1.687 Hits Tony Peña and his teams: Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox (no card found), Houston Astros Look for Tony Peña in eBay!

April 16: Happy Birthday, Paul Waner!

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Happy Birthday, Big Poison! Paul Glee Waner was born on April 16, 1903 in Harrah, Oklahoma. HOF, 4x All-Star, MVP, 3x Batting Titles, RBI Leader, 2x Hits, Leader, 3x Games Leader, 2x Runs Leader, 2x Doubles Leader, 2x Triples Leader  .333 AVG, 113 HR, 1.309 RBI, 104 SB, 3.152 Hits Paul Waner and his teams:     Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and New York Yankees Look for Paul Waner in eBay!

April 15: Happy Birthday, Jeromy Burnitz!

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Happy Birthday, Jeromy! Jeromy Neal Burnitz was born on April 15, 1969 in Westminster, California. All-Star .253 AVG, 315 HR, 981 RBI, 74 SB, 1447 Hits. Jeromy Burnitz and his teams:     New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates  Look for Jeromy Burnitz in eBay!

Baseball Heroes: Bill Madlock, Tom Lasorda, Terry Kennedy and Darrell Evans

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Bill Madlock, Tom Lasorda, Terry Kennedy and Darrell Evans - Bill Madlock : 3x All-Star, AS MVP, 4 Batting Titles - Tom  Lasorda: HOF, 2x Manager of the Year, 1599 Wins, 4 Pennants and 2 WS Titles - Terry Kennedy: 4x All-Star, SS - Darrell Evans:  2x All-Star, HR Leader, 2x BB Leader

Meet Bill Madlock

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BILL MADLOCK "Mad Dog" Positions : Third Baseman and Second Baseman Full Name : Bill Madlock Jr. Bats : Right -  Throws : Right Born : January 12, 1951, in Memphis, Tennessee Organizations : Pittsburgh Pirates (7), Chicago Cubs (3), San Francisco Giants (3), Los Angeles Dodgers (3), Detroit Tigers (1), Texas Rangers (1) BILL MADLOCK'S WALL OF GLORY HONORS AND AWARDS All-Star: 3 (1975, 1981, 1983) All-Star Game MVP:  1 (1975) World Series Rings:  1 (1979 ) BATTING Batting Average:  4 (1975, 1976, 1981, 1983) WHO? "The Mad Dog" is an American former professional baseball player, who played mainly as third baseman from 1973 to 1987. Madlock is notable for winning the National League batting title four times. Since 1970 only Tony Gwynn has won more NL batting crowns (8). He held the record of 4 batting titles by a third baseman until it was eclipsed by Wade Boggs (1988) Bill Madlock debuted at t

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