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

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Early in his career the Phillies urged him to avoid swinging up on the ball and hit everything on the ground. Macht Richie Ashburn: My Early Life I was born in 1927 in Tilden, Nebraska, population 1,000. I went to North Fork College on a basketball scholarship and got an education degree. I’ve been Rich or Richie ever since.