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bif

(24,185 posts) Tue Dec 10, 2024, 10:13 PM Tuesday

Used to love him when I was a kid. Remember him playing at Tiger Stadium.

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Just heard Rocky Calavito died. (Original Post) bif Tuesday OP

The day he was traded to the Tigers for Harvey Kuenn in 1959 Diamond_Dog Tuesday #2

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1. I'm embarrassed to say that he was still alive. He was a great ball player

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 10:18 PM

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but I don’t ever remember seeing him play on TV. Of course not many games were televised back then.

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2. The day he was traded to the Tigers for Harvey Kuenn in 1959

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 10:22 PM

Tuesday

still burns a hole in the hearts of many Cleveland fans!