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Bill Nicholson was the big bopper for the Cubs in the 1940s. In 1944 he became the first player ever to receive an intentional walk with the bases loaded.
Ben Oglivie was another player that the Red Sox get away in the early 1970s, first to Detroit, where he didn't do much, and then to Milwaukee, where he did quite a bit, forming a powerful outfield with Gorman Thomas and Sixto Lezcano (and fellow Hub refugee Cecil Celester Cooper at 1B). This was the offense that won a lot of games for future Mets manager George Bamberger…not that it helped Bambi with the Mets when all he had were Kingman in a low period, and George Foster.
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