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February 26th, 2009, 06:06 AM
2/26/91:
Garrulous impresario Bill Veeck and slugging second baseman Tony “Poosh ‘Em Up” Lazzeri are voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown by the Veterans Committee. Veeck was arguably the foremost promoter and innovator in the history of professional sports, ruffling a few feathers along the way. But having fun at the ballpark was his credo, and he did everything he could (often on a limited budget) to entertain the fans. Lazzeri, long overshadowed by the Ruth-Gehrig dominance of the Murderers Row Yankees, played 14 years in the majors, drove in over 100 runs in a season seven times and set an American League record in 1936 with 11 RBIs in one game.
B I R T H D A Y S
Preacher Roe b. 1915
Bobby “Bingo” Smith b. 1946
Rolando Blackman b. 1959
Marshall Faulk b. 1973
Jenny Thompson b. 1973
Garrulous impresario Bill Veeck and slugging second baseman Tony “Poosh ‘Em Up” Lazzeri are voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown by the Veterans Committee. Veeck was arguably the foremost promoter and innovator in the history of professional sports, ruffling a few feathers along the way. But having fun at the ballpark was his credo, and he did everything he could (often on a limited budget) to entertain the fans. Lazzeri, long overshadowed by the Ruth-Gehrig dominance of the Murderers Row Yankees, played 14 years in the majors, drove in over 100 runs in a season seven times and set an American League record in 1936 with 11 RBIs in one game.
B I R T H D A Y S
Preacher Roe b. 1915
Bobby “Bingo” Smith b. 1946
Rolando Blackman b. 1959
Marshall Faulk b. 1973
Jenny Thompson b. 1973