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The Polack MSgt

(13,188 posts) Sun Dec 26, 2021, 04:10 PM Dec 2021

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This is a nice story.

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/lost-and-found-the-far-fetched-journey-a-treasured-baseball-took-from-descalsos-bat-and/article_75aa673b-83e8-5ad2-9147-8d910dc49cf7.html

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This is a nice story. (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Dec 2021 OP

Good for Descalso Doc Sportello Dec 2021 #1

Did you ever read the Curious Case of Corporal Descalso? The Polack MSgt Dec 2021 #2

Well that has Roy Hobbs beat Doc Sportello Dec 2021 #3

It is a nice story. That first hit was one more than he got when he was with the Cubs. rsdsharp Dec 2021 #4

Doc Sportello

(7,522 posts)

1. Good for Descalso

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Sun Dec 26, 2021, 04:25 PM

Dec 2021

Always one of my favorite Cardinal utility players.

The Polack MSgt

(13,188 posts)

2. Did you ever read the Curious Case of Corporal Descalso?

Reply to Doc Sportello (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 26, 2021, 04:33 PM

Dec 2021

Pretty funny

https://stlouis.sbnation.com/2012/10/12/3494370/the-curious-case-of-corporal-daniel-descalso-usmc

Doc Sportello

(7,522 posts)

3. Well that has Roy Hobbs beat

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 26, 2021, 04:49 PM

Dec 2021

Wonder where that story came from. He sort of looks like that little Italian guy in Band of Brothers.

rsdsharp

(9,177 posts)

4. It is a nice story. That first hit was one more than he got when he was with the Cubs.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Sun Dec 26, 2021, 05:07 PM

Dec 2021

Not really; he got 29 hits, which may be why that 2019 season was his last in the big leagues.

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