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Graziano’s World Title Claim and Baseball's Wagner Legend
The piece fronts Graziano as middleweight champion and notes his unlikable, combative persona yet acknowledges his proven fighting skill and streetwise courage. It contrasts him with Louis, Lesnevich, and Robinson, then pivots to baseball’s all time great shortstops led by Honus Wagner, praising Wagner’s all around greatness and proposing Lou Boudreau as a strong second choice for the position while detailing Boudreau’s rise and batting around .335.
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Rocks Graziano
Brooklyn
Rocky
Braziano
New York
District Attorney's Office
Eddie Eagan
Boxing Commission
Graziano
Joe Louis
Gus Lesnevich
Ray Robinson
Robinson Crusoes
Tony Zale
LaMotta
Cerdan Jeft
Zale
Mickey Cochrane
Bill Dickey
Gabby Hartnett
Johnny Kling
Buck Ewing
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Christy Mathewson
Pete Alexander
Carl Hubbell
Rube Waddell
Lefty Grove
George Sisler
Lou Gehrig
Hal Chase
Bill Terry
Eddie Collns
Pie Traynor
Art Devlin
Bill Bradley
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Tris Speaker
Joe Jackson
Joe DiMaggio
Honus Wagner
Wagner
Herman Long
Hughey Jennings
Travis Jackson
Dave Bancroft
Marty Marion
Flying Dutchman
Ted
John McGraw
Ed Barrow
Hang
Pittsburgh
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland
Boudreau
Three Eye
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