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IngridsLittleAngel

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2. One of (by my count) 13 people to play in both pro basketball and baseball

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Mon Apr 11, 2022, 01:56 PM

Apr 2022

2 seasons for the Boston Celtics from 1946-48 (though, the Celtics were in the BAA back then - the NBA had yet to be formed from the BAA-NBL merger), played in 1949 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and in 1951 with the Chicago Cubs. One of his teammates with the AAA-class Montreal Royals in 1950 was Tommy Lasorda.

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