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Jul 07, 2016 this article originally appeared in 100. This all occurred in the eighth and ninth innings and helped secure a 43 pirates road victory over the reds. Download the sabr ebook honoring mike sandlock, baseballs. Apr 05, 2016 the book includes a biography of sandlock a switchhitting catcher and infielder who spent parts of five seasons with the boston braves, brooklyn dodgers, and pittsburgh pirates recaps and box scores of sandlocks 10 most memorable games, interviews with two dozen of sandlocks former teammates, a scrapbook of sandlocks career, and letters from mlb commissioner rob manfred and connecticut governor dannel p. Find the collection of mike sandlock sports cards online at beckett. Mike sandlock trades and transactions by baseball almanac. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous itemsofinterest are presented by baseball almanac on this comprehensive mike sandlock baseball stats page.
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