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Message: [QUOTE="The deacon, post: 4366029, member: 11559"] Agreed, Mdoggie, but well deserved... it was Dick Stuart, a slugging first baseman during the '60s. He was given that moniker during the years after Kubrick's legendary movie, Dr. Strangelove, came out. He played pretty awful defense with the Pirates and Red Sox, all the while hitting lots of homers. His season best in homers was 42 in '63 for the Red Sox, the same season he had 29 errors! I'm a bit surprised no one remembers Stuart and his nickname. A well-known quote (and I apologize for not remembering who said it) was attributed to some fellow player after Stuart had surprisingly scooped up a hard ground ball and made the play unassisted at first base. As he ran by Stuart, the guy said: 'You're slowing down, Dick. You used to be able to get out of the way of those.' Stuart was about 6'4", maybe 230 pounds and fortunately an affable guy. I played golf with him a fair number of times in the years right after his baseball retirement. He would show up at the course I played in Connecticut so he could play big-money Nassaus against one of our wealthier members. I was just out of high school and had little money but Dick enjoyed playing me for $5 just for the competition. My most distinct memory of his golf was that he didn't use a driver, rather just dropped the ball on the tee and would hit long, high fades with a three wood. Sadly for him, his putting stroke was about as effective as his glovework. Anyway, the one and only Dr. Strangelove... RIP, Dick. [/QUOTE]

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