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Marino Pieretti

April 1945 and Pieretti is in the headline’s “Midget Marino Pieretti Big Talk of Big Leagues.” Statements like, “Some of our most astute observers of the baseball scene are convinced that they watched the beginning of stardom for a Washington pitcher here in Yankee Stadium.” Pieretti stood 5-07 and weighed just over 150 pounds. But …

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