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  • Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame Great Duke Snider Has Died

    02/27/2011 1:55:26 PM PST · by My Favorite Headache · 51 replies
    AP) -- Duke Snider, the Hall of Fame center fielder for the charmed "Boys of Summer" who helped the Dodgers bring their elusive and only World Series crown to Brooklyn, died early Sunday of what his family called natural causes. He was 84. Snider died at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif., according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which announced the death on behalf of the family. "The Duke of Flatbush" hit .295 with 407 career home runs, played in the World Series six times and won two titles. But the eight-time All-Star was...
  • Hall of Fame center fielder Duke Snider dies at 84

    02/27/2011 12:39:30 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 35 replies · 1+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Feb. 27, 2011 | BEN WALKER
    Hall of Fame outfielder Duke Snider has died. He was 84. The former Brooklyn Dodgers star died early Sunday of what the family called natural causes at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif.