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Crashing down in Asheville

By Jim Caple
Page 2

Friday, July 21, 2006

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Appropriately, my minor league tour ends where Crash Davis' did, at Asheville's sublime McCormick Field. It was here that Crash slammed a pitch over the left-field fence to break the fictional minor league home run record, quietly retired and drove back to Annie. And it's a good place to end a career, though players with higher aspirations than Class A-ball probably disagree. There is so much history here -- this is where Babe Ruth collapsed in 1924 with his infamous "Bellyac ...

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