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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

April 17th. I share my birthday with Cap Anson and Alexander Cartwright. Not too shabby. I was also born on the exact same day and year as Marquis Grissom. Having a birthday in mid April also means that a lot of stadiums were opened on my birthday. Shea, Oakland-Alameda, etc...Also on April 17th 1956 Mickey Mantle hit two homeruns in one game that measured over 500 feet each.