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* Bob Meusel, baseball player of the 1920s
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Yankee teammates Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Dickey play themselves, as does sportscaster Bill Stern ; Brennan plays a sportswriter friend.
Babe Ruth is there, playing himself with fidelity and considerable humor ; so are Yankees Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig.
Murderers ’ Row was the nickname given to the New York Yankees baseball team of the late 1920s, in particular the first six hitters in the 1927 team lineup: Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel and Tony Lazzeri.
Center fielder Earle Combs had a career best year, batting. 356 with 231 hits, left fielder Bob Meusel batted. 337 with 103 RBIs, and second baseman Tony Lazzeri drove in 102 runs.
The Yankees fell behind the Philadelphia Athletics in the standings during the 1929 season and as it became clear that the Yankees would not win the AL pennant in 1929, Huggins began consulting with coaches Art Fletcher and Bob Shawkey about the future of the team, including how to replace Bob Meusel in left field.
He was part of the famed " Murderers ' Row " Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s ( most notably the legendary 1927 team ), along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel.
Following the Series, Ruth and Bob Meusel participated in some post-season barnstorming, which was then against the rules for Series participants.
On July 20, 1933 he hit three home runs, and on September 30 he hit for the cycle for the third time, a feat only he and Bob Meusel have accomplished since 1900.
He was one of only two players to break Babe Ruth's twelve-year string in which he led the American League in home runs ( the other being Bob Meusel ).
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Costas has teamed with Isiah Thomas and Doug Collins for NBA telecasts ( from 1997 – 2000 ) and Sal Bando ( 1982 ), Tony Kubek ( from 1983 – 1989 ), Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker ( from 1994 – 2000 ) for baseball telecasts.
In 1936, Robinson won the junior boys singles championship in the annual Pacific Coast Negro Tennis Tournament and earned a place on the Pomona annual baseball tournament all-star team, which included future Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Bob Lemon.
Among the many baseball players ( including well known stars ) who served during World War II were Moe Berg, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial ( in 1945 ), Warren Spahn, and Ted Williams.
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Best afield in the grand final in what was officially his swansong as a player was captain-coach Dick Reynolds, who received sterling support from the likes of Norm McDonald, ruckman / back pocket Wally May, back pocket Les Gardiner, and big Bob McLure.
Off the field, in 1994, the Astros hired one of the first African American general managers, former franchise player Bob Watson.
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