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1. EGG OR BETTER is what my choices were for breakfast in Kansas City for 21 seasons. I really didn't like pine tar on my pancakes that much. Playing third base, I could easily see if a hotplate in the dugout was cooking anything up. I was a 13-time all-star and won the AL MVP in 1980. The hall took me in 1999. Who am I?
2. I was a fixture in Pittsburgh. Everyone there felt that I was family, and some called me "Pops". I would never in my life meet someone and GREET AS ILL WILL, and was always smiling with the number 8 on my back. I tied for the NL MVP in 1979 with someone else. I was inducted into the hall in 1988. Who am I?
3. I didn't care if they would throw at me. I would challenge pitchers to try and TICKLE MY MANE when I came to bat because I was going to do what I did best anyway. My Yankee teammates knew it too, and they watched me win three American League MVPs, and also be the first switch-hitter ever to win a Triple Crown. They should have tickled my knees instead, because they got to be so wore out and tired, that it caused my retirement. The number 7 on my back was no longer. I was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974. Who am I?
4. Amongst the 18 Hall of Fame inductees in 2006, this pitcher was the only non-Negro League player inducted. While on the mound with the Cubs, Cardinals, and Braves, he would never see CUTER BRUTES than the ones that he faced. He was no relation to the owner of a mill during the California gold rush in the 1850s either. Who was this 1979 Cy Young winner?
5. This member of Major League baseball played in only one game in his career. He later became manager of just one team also, but he would manage them for 23 seasons. He had some very TOLERANT LAWS which is why his team won its first World Series in 1955 after his second managerial season, and would go on to win three more under him. Who was this manager nicknamed Smokey?
6. This Pirate had a reputation to manager Danny Murtaugh as being a consistent hypochondriac, as something was always wrong with him. Maybe he needed a MERE BETTER COLON to help him with his issues. He played out in right field most of his career, wore the number 21, had exactly 3000 hits in his career. He was killed in a plane crash. Who is this Hall of Fame great?
7. ACES GOING JERK might have been what some people said of me because I was the only one inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993, and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Whether my teammates thought that I was arrogant or not, I didn't care, and it had no bearing on my 1973 AL MVP, or my two World Series MVPs. October what? I hit home runs all the time. Who am I?
8. Some fans would say, "Baseball been very good to him, and he been very good to baseball". Some fans would also say, "HE RUB BAT, he hit home run, he run around bases". This player hit 714 home runs, and was one of the first two outfielders ever inducted into the Hall of Fame. He shared the podium with outfielder great Ty Cobb in 1936. Who was it?
9. When this person died in 1975 at the age of 85, most could say that he GENTLY CEASES. 14 seasons saw him play for the Dodgers, Pirates, Giants, and others. He was a pretty good outfielder too, although he never led the league in any major category. He later became a manager of the Dodgers and Braves, but after nine seasons, came up empty-handed every time. His 10th managerial season came with the Yankees, then everything would change. In 10 of the next 12 seasons, he would take them to the World Series. Who was he?
10. I was never accused of being a TICK BUT PERKY, even though being quite short and hefty. My entire career of 12 seasons was in a Twins uniform. I only led the league in batting average once, but led it four times with the most hits. Three times I was in the top three in voting for a season MVP. I retired in 1995, and died in 2006. Who am I?
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