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The Day I was Bumped by a Future Hall of Famer

Found January 10, 2012 on Tiger Tales:
PLAYERS: Jack Morris

I was going to write a dry statistical post about Jack Morris not belonging in the Hall of Fame, but there's enough of that going on.  So, I'm going to tell my personal Jack Morris story instead.  I'm not sure why I haven't told this story during my many years on the internet other than I don't usually like to tell personal stories on here.  In the Spring of 1988, my father and I made one of our
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Via Fox Sports North  |  January 09, 2012
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Barry Larkin, former Cincinnati Reds shortstop, elected to baseball Hall of Fame

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