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Old 12-25-2015, 02:25 AM   #26812
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(Reds) Captain Billy Myers

Found this sharp photo in a Lexibell folder on Baseball Birthdays. This photo was labeled "about 1940," which would have been Myers' final season with the Reds. Named the Reds' captain for the 1935 season, he had a love/hate relationship with the Cincy fans in part due to a horrid 1939 World Series (the Lombardi snooze series) in which the Reds were swept 4-0. They won again in 1940, but Myers was frequently the target of boos by the home crowd. He actually walked away from the team on the eve of the World Series, but was talked into returning. He drove in the winning run in the eighth inning of Game 7 for the Reds, then was traded to the Cubs. Named to the Reds Hall of Fame in 1966.

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