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Celebrating Memorial Day with pitcher Turk Wendell

October 27, 2016May 25, 2015 by Tom Owens
From 2005: Wendell avoids bad luck by avoiding the foul lines. By Esq1092 at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons
From 2005: Wendell avoids bad luck by avoiding the foul lines. By Esq1092 at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

Happy Memorial Day, everyone!

A grateful Turk Wendell remembers.

Likewise, I’ll never forget the colorful pitcher.

From 2011…

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Tom Owens portrait by Diana HelmerTom Owens has been collecting baseball autographs by mail since 1972 (thanks to "Bullet" Bob Veale). As "Thomas S. Owens," he's written more than 50 books, many about sports or collectibles. Write to Tom at: BaseballByTheLetters [at] gmail [dot] com.

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