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Expert: - 7/29/2008


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he came up in the 50s. big guy,i think he had a greek name.only  played a short
while,died very young(maybe leuckemia) not walt dropo....thanx

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You're thinking of Harry Agganis, known as 'The Golden Greek', was born on Saturday, April 20, 1929, in Lynn, Massachusetts. Agganis was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 13, 1954, with the Boston Red Sox. See link below for his biographical data.



http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=agganha01

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Boston Red Sox players, team & Fenway Park statistics and history are my strengths. Boston's minor league teams are not.

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I've been attending Red Sox games yearly at Fenway Park since 1969. I thrive on Bosox trivia. I have been a huge Red Sox fan since I was 12 years old. My knowledge of Carl Yastrzemski is exceptional. He was my boyhood hero and I still miss his (hard-nose, give 100% every game) playing style to this day. I 'live & die' with the Red Sox every season, game and even every inning.

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University of Massachusetts - 1982 Bachelors Degree: Business Management and Computer Science.

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