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Baseball Fever
March 9 & 10, 2005
Players that made the big time
BY JIM HEFFNER
Staff Writer
When Ted Abernathy died recently,
the area lost one of its most famous
professional baseball players.
Abernathy, who died late last year,
was born in Stanley and lived much of
his young life in Dallas. He went to
the major leagues in 1955 with the old
Washington Senators. He was first
used as a starter because of his good
overhand fast ball, but, after an arm
injury, Abernathy started throwing
underhand, sometimes actually drag-
ging his knuckles along the ground.
The style change made him one of
the most effective pitchers in the
majors. He was the first “Fireman of
the Year,” and won the award twice
before he retired. Abernathy retired in
1972 after spending time with
Washington, Cleveland, the Chicago
Cubs, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Kansas
City.
Oddly, there have been just three
major league baseball players named
See Players, Page 13 Left to right, area baseball players who have made the big time: Ralph Roberts, Chris s Mion. Buzz Peeler and Harold
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