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I don’t think people talk about Luke Appling enough. I know why they don’t; his career ended 75 years ago. We’re all a little too caught up in our day-to-day lives to think about a random shortstop who stopped playing before Dwight Eisenhower was president. But from time to time it might be good to consider that guy’s career, which was a model of …

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