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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Passing: Dusty Rhodes, A Star for NY Baseball Giants in '54 Series (NY Times)

From the New York Times:

By BRUCE WEBER
Published: June 18, 2009

Dusty Rhodes, whose pinch-hitting heroics led the New York Giants to win the 1954 World Series, a championship the Giants, who moved to San Francisco four years later, have yet to repeat, died on June 17, 2009 in Las Vegas. He was 82 and lived in Henderson, Nev.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/sports/baseball/19rhodes.html?_r=1&em

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