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Tim Thompson, 96, The Catcher Who Flew Blimps
One of the most interesting players I've interviewed is Charles Lemoine
"Tim" Thompson, 96, of Lewistown, PA. Thompson appeared in 187
major-league games as a catcher and a pinch hitter for the Brooklyn
Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers. As one of the first MLB
players, albeit catchers, to wear eyeglasses, he's seen it all - twilight
games in the old wooden ballparks, a world war and integration. He warmed
up in the bullpen with Fidel Castro, learned the business side of baseball
from Jack Kent Cooke, and witnessed the explosion of steroids and
multi-million-dollar salaries. Through it all Tim never lost sight of his
coal-mine roots.
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