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Gil Hodges

American baseball player

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…bygone era—over-the-hill veterans such as Gil Hodges, Duke Snider, and Yogi Berra—and coached by Casey Stengel, the Yankees manager during their string of five consecutive World Series championships (1949–53). This nostalgic effort did not translate into success on the field, and the team earned the nickname “Lovable Losers,” losing a…
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…bygone era—over-the-hill veterans such as Gil Hodges, Duke Snider, and Yogi Berra—and coached by Casey Stengel, the Yankees manager during their string of five consecutive World Series championships (1949–53). This nostalgic effort did not translate into success on the field, and the team earned the nickname “Lovable Losers,” losing a…
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