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The Oleoak
"White Caps"
Josh, was the pitcher, and he never saw a player he couldn't strike out, until "Dick Mann" hit town. Now Dick was really a man by the name of Ropp, but in those days all Major and semi-major league players had to take a "stage name" as it were. Dick was recovering from a shoulder injury, and liked Glasgow so much, he decided to stay. Dick was the only man that Josh hated to see come to the plate. But Dick had his druthers too.
Dick himself was a pitcher. And he too never had trouble with batters except for a few. One of them was Josh. Another according to Dick, was a man by the name of Babe Ruth. He walked up to the plate on Dick in Atlanta. Dick sized him up, thought he was too large and would be slow to bat, so he figured 3 up, 3 down. Babe hit the first pitch, and just prior to Dick's death, he said that, as far as he knew, that ball was still circling Atlanta to this day.
But enough about the serious side of Josh, lets get to the good stuff.........
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