Sport: Who's on Third?

"Daddy, buy me a program. I can't tell the players."

"Everybody knows these players, son. This is the All-Star game. See that old fellow with the funny crouch? That's Stan Musial. The one with the frown is Roger Marls; the right fielder with the limp is Mickey Mantle. And that fellon-whose cap keeps falling off—that's Willie Mays. See how easy it is?" "Daddy, who's on third?" "Here's 50¢ son, Go buy a program."

The 45,480 fans shoehorned into Washington's brand-new stadium for last week's All-Star game could be pardoned for wondering who was on third; the Minnesota Twins' Rich Rollins was not even...

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