* 1954 – Ozzie Smith, American baseball player

Osborne Earl " Ozzie " Smith ( born December 26, 1954 ) is an American former baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1996.

alt = A bronze statue in the likeness of Ozzie Smith, depicting him fielding a baseball

The 1978 season brought hope to baseball fans in San Diego, thanks to the arrival a young shortstop named Ozzie Smith, who arrived on the scene and turned the baseball world on its ears with an acrobatic style that redefined how the position should be played in the field.

* Ozzie Smith, the acrobatic St. Louis Cardinals shortstop of the 1980s known as the " Wizard of Oz "

Hughes Ballpark at the Ozzie Smith Sports Complex in front of an overflow crowd of 4, 173 ( 3, 500 seat capacity ).

His 1, 820 games played ranks fourth in Cardinals ' history behind Ozzie Smith, Lou Brock, and Stan Musial.

The grounds were home to bronze statues of Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter, Dizzy Dean, Rogers Hornsby, Red Schoendienst, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, James ' Cool Papa Bell, George Sisler, Jack Buck and most recently, Ozzie Smith.

* Nikko Smith, singer, son of Ozzie Smith

* Ozzie Smith, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer

* Ozzie Smith is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

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She drew controversy when she alluded to paying star and future Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith to maintain her garden at a time when he was refused a raise by her team's general manager.

Mike Scioscia called him " the Ozzie Smith of the American League.

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Later, Murray attended Locke High School in Los Angeles, California, where he batted. 500 as a senior and was a teammate of Ozzie Smith.

Gary Gaetti, who retired in the year 2000, and Ozzie Smith, who retired in 1996, both wore flap-less helmets until they retired from the game.

* Ozzie Smith ( April 1988 )

He tied Ozzie Smith for the most post-1930 seasons with at least 400 at-bats and no home runs, with six.

LeChuck is helping Ozzie in exchange for Elaine's hand after her will has been broken by the Ultimate Insult.

Ozzie has acquired the Ultimate Insult ; he uses its power to enslave LeChuck, who has taken on the form of a gigantic statue of himself.

Historically, the Dominican Republic has been linked to MLB since Ozzie Virgil, Sr. became the first Dominican to play in the league.

His NL records for career games at shortstop and most years leading the league in fielding were later broken by Ozzie Smith ; his Major League record for career fielding average has been broken by Omar Vizquel.

By the fourth game in the series, LeChuck has been freed from his icy prison by Ozzie Mandrill, an Australian capitalist.

Nicknamed ' little ' despite being larger than his father, Ozzie has a 6th finger on his left hand and has published many very successful detective novels.

He has a pet cat named Terrible Chester who Ozzie claims is over 50 years old, and has pictures to prove it.

Ozzie travels to Israel, where Cyrus has him kidnapped.

The character has been described as a man from the Ozzie Nelson era or a "' Father Knows Best ' white American male ".

Mike Scioscia accepted his guest spot in " half a second ," while Ozzie Smith has stated that he would like to guest star again " so can get out the Springfield Mystery spot.

His stewardship of the Ravens has been calm and professional, often serving as a sharp counterpoint ( if not a deliberate one ) to the chaos involving the Washington Redskins under the ownership of Daniel Snyder, and trusting in the universally respected management of GM Ozzie Newsome.

Tad first thinks that David's obsession with Dixie has led him to have plastic surgery performed on someone, but once Dixie says the words " Ozzie and Harriet ", he knows that this woman is his true love.

The Atlantic League has had more marquee players than any other independent league, including José Canseco, Rickey Henderson, Ozzie Canseco, Rubén Sierra, Carlos Baerga, and John Rocker.

The VIP event was held at the site of the new ballpark at night, featuring a private concert by Pitbull and a fashion show featuring the new uniforms worn by various Marlins players and coaches, including Ozzie Guillén, Logan Morrison, Hanley Ramírez, and Josh Johnson.

His father, Jerry, had been a budding jazz drummer in his youth and practiced with visiting jazz groups at the Lighthouse Café, later opening a bait shop in the 1970s and striking up a friendship with Ozzie Cadena ( both men's sons, Keith and Dez, later became singers in Black Flag ).

Ozzie Nelson forbade suggestive lyrics or titles, and his late-night arrival at recording sessions forced band members to hurriedly hide their beers and cigarettes.

Ozzie's mother, though she loves her son dearly, is a more conventional thinker and can't understand why Ozzie courts trouble at school for posing such unorthodox queries.

Back at school, Rabbi Binder interprets Ozzie's question about the virgin birth as insubordinate, though Ozzie sincerely wishes to better understand God and his faith.

In October 2001, Canseco and his brother, Ozzie, got into a fight with two California tourists at a Miami Beach nightclub that left one man with a broken nose and another needing 20 stitches in his lip ; both were charged with two counts of aggravated battery.

In 1954, at the urging of producer Ozzie Cadena, he joined forces with Johnson to produce a highly successful series of trombone duet recordings, which were initially on Savoy Records and then on the Columbia Records label.

* Ozzie Guillen Still Retains Defensive Edge at Short, Baseball Digest, July 1996

On the occasion of Ozzie Guillén's first home game as White Sox manager in the season, Carrasquel joined Guillén and fellow Venezuelans Luis Aparicio and Dave Concepción in throwing out the first ball at the home opener.

* Another 2006 ad features Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén trying to call to the bullpen during a game, but instead reaching Neil Everett at ESPN.

The most famous Hexham Grey is " Ossie the Mossie ", ( sometimes spelled as " Ozzie the Mozzie ") a large model of a mosquito that sits atop the Hexham Bowling Club sign at the corner of the Pacific Highway and Old Maitland Road in Hexham.

Carl Lee is later arrested at his home by the highly respected, honorable and beloved black county sheriff Ozzie Walls ( who must uphold the law but, as the father of two daughters of his own, privately supports what Carl Lee did and gives him special treatment while in jail ) and charged with capital murder.

Bell won a Gold Glove Award award in 1993, breaking a string of thirteen straight National League Gold Gloves at shortstop by Ozzie Smith.

In Ozzie Nelson's book, he wrote that Harriet was quite popular during the short time at RKO and they wanted her to continue her solo film career, but decided that it was more important for her to continue with the band and subsequent radio show.

A less noticed ( at the time ) aspect of Herzog's offensive philosophy was his preference for patient hitters with high on-base percentages: such players included Royals Brett, Hal McRae, and Amos Otis, and Cardinals Clark, Keith Hernandez, José Oquendo, and Ozzie Smith, as well as Darrell Porter, who played for Herzog in both Kansas City and St. Louis.

In the early 1930s, a booking at the Glen Island Casino landed Ozzie Nelson's orchestra national network radio exposure.

In 1975, Ozzie Nelson died of liver cancer at the age of 69.

Cabrera's one season with White Sox was marred with controversy: arguing with manager Ozzie Guillén, leaving the clubhouse early to avoid the media, calling the press box to have errors overturned, questioning his team's attitude, and kicking dirt at Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Grant Balfour during an at-bat in Game 1 of the AL Divisional Series.

* David Nelson, the actor best known for his role on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, is among various persons named David Nelson who have been stopped at airports because their name apparently appears on the list.