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From: dmgillies@watmum.UUCP (Dave Gillies)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Toothpick
Message-ID: <280@watmum.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 18:53:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: watmum.280
Posted: Sun Sep 29 18:53:08 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 02:39:29 EDT
References: <477@aero.ARPA>
Reply-To: dmgillies@watmum.UUCP (Dave Gillies)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <477@aero.ARPA> foonberg@aero.UUCP (Alan Foonberg) writes:
>
>I'd like to put to rest a strange vision that I have been having the last
>couple weeks.  I seem to remember a ball player from the early 70's, possibly
>on the A's, who either had a toothpick surgically attached to his lip or whose
>trademark was to always carry a toothpick in his mouth.  Does any know what
>I'm talking about, or am I just suffering from some strange illness?  If you
>have any information regarding this toothpick, please let me know.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alan Foonberg




The player you are thinking of is U.L. Washington of Royals and Expos
fame.  I once remember Tony Kubek saying on a broadcast that Washington
would one day have it crammed down his throat on a slide play at
second.  But he never has.....

                             Dave Gillies