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One of baseball’s greatest entertainers
as The San Diego Chicken (or The Famous
Chicken), Ted Giannoulas accepts his
induction into the Shrine of the
Eternals. The Chicken is one of the most
popular and iconic of the mascots that
became staples of major league baseball
teams in the 1970s.
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Nelson Gary, Jr., of Atlanta, Georgia,
accepts the induction of the late
one-armed outfielder Pete Gray, who
played for the St. Louis Browns in 1945
and remains the lasting symbol of
baseball and World War II. Like Pete
Gray, Gary lost his right arm as a young
boy and went on to excel in baseball at
the prep and collegiate levels.
Gary became a national celebrity
himself in 1944 when, at the age of
three, he and his parents, courtesy of
the
Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper,
traveled by train from Los Angeles to
Memphis to meet his baseball hero, Pete
Gray, thus beginning a lifelong
friendship with the outfielder. |
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Maury Wills is introduced by Fred
Claire, a member of the Los Angeles
Dodgers’ front office from 1969 through
1998 and the team’s general manager from
1987 until 1998. |
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Universally credited with returning the
stolen base as an offensive weapon to
the National League in the 1960s, a
period in which he led the Dodgers to
three World Series appearances, Maury
Wills accepts his induction into the
Shrine of the Eternals. |
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Nelson Gary visits with Reliquarians
after the ceremony. |
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Fred Claire and Maury Wills reminisce. |
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Andy Strasberg and Ted Giannoulas pose
for a photograph. |
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Nelson Gary relaxes after a memorable
afternoon. |
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