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Paying homage to some of the great "names" in the history of this great game.

Each player profile within has the following:

general demographic information (name they played under, their full name at birth, date of birth/death, years active in the majors, positions played, etc.)

etymology/definition of each part of their given name

baseball biography (generally, how they made it to the majors, what they did while they were there)

best day (a recap of a great day in their major league caree...

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