Guests:
Marta Verdes Darby, (My big fat Cuban family)
and Sonia Martinez, author of "Tropical taste".
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We remember Walt "No neck" Williams (1943-2016)
We remember Walt Williams who was born on this day in 1943. He died in 2016.
In the early 1970s, it was a treat to watch the Chicago White Sox play the Milwaukee Brewers at the old County Stadium.
During that time, the White Sox had a stocky outfielder (5'6" & 165 lbs) with one of the greatest nicknames in baseball, or "No neck" Williams. His wife said that he got the nickname in his first year of baseball.
"No neck" played for several years with Chicago, Cleveland and New York Yankees. His best season was 1969 when he hit .304 with 133 hits. Overall, he retired with a very respectable .270 career batting average.
Walt "No neck" Williams. I loved the nickname and very aggressive style on the field.
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We remember Tony Taylor (1935-2020)
We remember Tony Taylor, who was born in Central Alava, Matanzas, Cuba. He was born in 1935 and died today in 2020.
Tony broke with the Cubs in 1958 hitting .235 in 140 games.
He was traded to the Phillies and enjoyed a very good career: 2.007 hits, a .261 average, 234 stolen bases and 1,005 runs scored. Tony had a couple of seasons with 700-plus plate appearances, a test to his durability.
Taylor retired in 1976. Tony is one of a handful of major leaguers who played in the pre-Castro winter league and the majors.
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We remember Al Kaline (1934-2020)
We remember Al Kaline who was born in Baltimore in 1934 and died in 2020.
Kaline broke with the Detroit Tigers in 1953.
In 1955, he won the AL batting title, the youngest champion ever at age 20.
Kaline played right field for the next two decades and finished in the top 3 of AL batting leaders five more times. He also hit 399 HR and won 10 Gold Gloves.
In 1974, he retired with 3,008 hits and was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1980.
One of my all time favorites. I saw him play several times.
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