Alvin Davis Finds a Way to Compare Hitting a Home Run Against Childbirth
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Alvin Davis (born September 9, 1960), nicknamed "Mr. Mariner," played first base and DH. Eight of his nine seasons were on the Seattle Mariners where he won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 1984. The youngest of four sons born and raised in Riverside, California. He was selected in the 1978 draft by the San Francisco Giants, but opted to play college baseball at Arizona State in Tempe. Davis, who batted left-handed and threw right-handed, was later drafted by the Oakland Athletics in sixth round in 1981, but opted to stay in college and earned a degree in finance.(wikipedia) This is our fourth and final season of Radio Baseball Cards. Radio Baseball Cards was originally produced in 1987 and brought back as a podcast in 2017. All 162 episodes were broadcast as a nationally syndicated radio show, and was accepted by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Library due to our dedicated stories honoring Jackie Robinson. Our host is the late Hall of Fame Pitcher and announcer, Don Drysdale. Please follow us wherever you find your favorite podcasts, listen to past episodes, and get updated each Thursday during the 2021 MLB Season. Radio Baseball Cards is a production of SmarterPodcasts.com, a service of Greene Creative, based in Northern California.
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