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Ed Ott – Society for American Baseball Research Longtime Pirates catcher. Got the starting job when Charlie Finley demanded Manny Sanguillen and money for Chuck Tanner. Never hit 10 homers in any of his big-league seasons, but hit .333 against the Orioles in the 1979 World Series.

On Saturday, July 21st, I'm available to cover the Cincinnati Reds' home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Reds will induct three former team members into its team HOF. Fred Norman, lefty on the Big Red Machine's starting pitching staff from '73 to '79, mananger Fred Bristol (1966-69) and...