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My neighborhood friend Jon Udis got a subscription to Civil War Times Illustrated, and our regular discussions of sports heroes Bill Russell, Johnny Unitas and Carl Yastrzemski were briefly interrupted by talk about Grant and Lee, Sherman and "Stonewall" Jackson.

Dionne seems to be doing a little spinning of his own. Yaz made his major league debut almost to the day of the shelling of Fort Sumter -- April 11, 1961. He was a good but largely unnoticed player until 1963 when he won the AL batting championship. Here's what his Wikipedia bio has to say:

While his first two years were viewed as solid but unspectacular, he emerged as a rising star in 1963, winning the American League batting championship with a batting average of .321, and also leading the league in doubles and walks, finishing sixth in the Most Valuable Player voting.

I doubt Dionne and his buddy ever heard of Yastrzemski before 1963 -- let alone place him alongside legends like Bill Russell and Johnny Unitas.

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Yaz made his major league debut almost to the day of the shelling of Fort Sumter -- April 11, 1961

Oops, should have said "almost to the day of the 100th anniversary of...."

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