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Richie Ashburn: Could This Hall of Fame Singles-Hitter Make The Team Today?

The Sporting

Richie Ashburn’s 15-year career (1948-1962) included 12 with the Phillies, two with the Cubs and a final year with the Mets. We met at the otherwise empty press box at Veterans Stadium on November 3, 1991. I took the train to Chicago and met with him and minor league president William Bramham. But that was illegal.