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Baseball Heroes: Tom Lasorda, Don Sutton and Sandy Koufax

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  Tom Lasorda, Don Sutton and Sandy Koufax - Tom Lasorda: HOF, 2x Manager of the Year, 1599 Wins, 4 Pennants and 2 WS Titles - Don Sutton: HOF, 4x All-Star, AS MVP, ERA Leader, GS Leader, SHO Leader, 324 Wins, 3574 SO.  - Sandy Koufax: HOF, 7x All-Star, MVP, 3x Cy Young, 3x Triple Crown, 2x WS MVP, 3x Wins Leader, 5x ERA Leader, 4x SO Leader, 2x W-L% Leader, GS Leader, 2x CG Leader, 3x SHO Leader, 2x Innings Leader.

Baseball Heroes: Satchel Page and Bob Feller

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Stachel Page and Bob Feller -  Satchel Paige : HOF, 2x All-Star - Bob Feller: HOF, 8x All-Star, Triple Crown, MLB PoY, 6x Wins leader, ERA leader, 7x SO leader, W-L% leader, 3x Games leader, 5x GS leader, 3x CG leader, 4x SHO leader, 3x 5x Inning leader, No-Hitters, 266 Wins, 2581 SO.

Meet Nomar Garciaparra

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  NOMAR GARCIAPARRA Positions : Shortstop, First Baseman and Third Baseman Full Name : Anthony Nomar Garciaparra Bats : Right -  Throws : Right Born : July 23, 1973 in Whittier, California, USA Organizations :  Boston Red Sox (9), Los Angeles Dodgers (3), Chicago Cubs (2), Oakland Athletics (1) NOMAR GARCIAPARRA'S WALL OF GLORY HONORS AND AWARDS All Star: 6  (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006) Rookie of the Year:  1 (1997) Silver Slugger: 1 (1997) BATTING Batting Average:  2 (1999, 2000) Hits Leader: 1 (1997) Doubles Leader:  1 (2002) Triples Leader: 1 (1997) AB Leader:  1 (1997) FIELDING Putouts as SS:  1 (1997) Double Plays Turned as SS:  1 (1997) WHO? Nomar Garciaparra is an American former SS, 1B and 3B. He was an 6-time All-Star for the Boston Red Sox (5) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (1) and 2-time batting champion. Nomar Garciaparra, who is of Mexican-American descent, played during 14 seasons, winning unanimously the AL Rookie of the Year Award in 1997 (AVG .306, 30 HR, 98

January 16: Happy Birthday Jack McDowell

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  Happy Birthday, Black Jack! Jack Burns McDowell was born on January 16, 1966 in Van Nuys, California. 3x All-Star, Cy Young, Wins Leader, 2x GS Leader, 3x CG Leader, SHO Leader.  127-87 W-L, 3.85 ERA, 1.311 SO, 0 SV Jack McDowell and his teams: Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Anaheim Angels

Baseball Heroes: Phil Niekro and Joe Niekro

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  Phil Niekro and Joe Niekro - Phil Niekro: HOF, 5x All-Star, 5x GG, 2x Wins Leader, ERA Leader, SO Leader, W-L% Leader, 4x GS Leader, 4x CG Leader, 4x Innings Leader, 318 Wins, 3342 SO. - Joe Niekro: All-Star, Wins Leader, 2x GS Leader, SHO Leader, 221 Wins.

Best Season: Hank Aaron

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  Hank Aaron "Hammer" 1963 - Team: Milwaukee Braves (84-78). 6th in NL. - Honors: All-Star - Stat Leaderships: HR, RBI, Runs, SLG, OPS

Best Season: Orlando Cepeda

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  Orlando Cepeda "Peruchin" 1961 - Team: San Francisco Giants (80-74). 3rd in NL. - Honors: All-Star - Stat Leaderships: HR, RBI

December 26: Happy Birthday Ozzie Smith

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  Happy Birthday, Wizard of Oz! Osborne Earl Smith was born on December 26, 1954 in Mobile, Alabama. HOF, 15x All-Star, 13x GG, SS, NLCS MVP, Games Leader, AB Leader, diverse defensive leaderships .262 AVG, 28 HR, 793 RBI, 580 SB, 2.460 Hits Ozzie Smith and his teams: San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals

December 22: Happy Birthday Steve Carlton

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  Happy Birthday, Lefty! Steven Norman Carlton was born on December 22, 1944 in Miami, Florida. HOF, 10x All-Star, 4x Cy Young, GG, Triple Crown, 4x Wins Leader, ERA Leader, 5x SO Leader, W-L% Leader, 4x GS Leader, 3x CG Leader, SHO Leader, 5x Innings Leader,  329-244 W-L, 3.22 ERA, 3.031 SO, 2 SV Steve Carlton and his teams: St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, CLeveland Indians and Minnesota Twins  

December 21: Happy Birthday Tom Henke

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  Happy Birthday, Terminator! Thomas Anthony Henke was born on December 21, 1957 in Kansas City, Missouri. 2x All-Star, Rolaids Relief, SV Leader 41-42 W-L, 2.67 ERA, 861 SO, 311 SV Tom Henke and his teams: Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals 

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