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He was the second selection in baseball's 1966 amateur draft, chosen by the Kansas City Athletics. The New York Mets had the first pick, but chose Steve Chilcott, a catcher who had just graduated from high school in California. Jackson-- according to his 1984 autobiography-- was told by Winkles that the Mets were nervous about drafting him because he had a white girlfriend; Jackson's girlfriend, Jennie Campos, was actually a Mexican- American, and Jackson himself was of partial Latino heritage, part Puerto Rican and Panamanian. Jackson and Campos later married and divorced, and through 2005, he has never remarried. Chilcott played six years in the minor leagues before retiring. Jackson debuted in the major leagues with the A's on June 9, 1967, a 6-0 A's victory over the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland. Following that season, the Athletics moved to Oakland. Jackson hit 47 home runs in 1969, and was briefly ahead of the pace that Roger Maris set when he broke the single-season record for home runs with 61 in 1961, and that of Babe Ruth when he set the previous record of 60 in 1927. Jackson later said that the sportswriters were claiming he was "dating a lady named ' Ruth Maris.'" That off-season, Jackson sought an increase in salary, and A's owner Charlie Finley threatened to send Jackson to the minors. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn successfully intervened in their dispute, but Jackson's numbers in 1970 dropped sharply, as he hit just 23 home runs while batting .237.
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Viktor Zhilko Date of Birth
1 April 1941, Zhmerinka, Ukraine
taken by Vihren German Open 2006 ...take...
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John Tesh Date of Birth
9 July 1952, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
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6' 6" (1.98 m)
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Jukichi Uno Date of Birth
27 September 1914
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9 January 1988
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Nobuo Terao
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Ales Valic Date of Birth
6 April 1955, Ljubljana, Slovenia... Aleš Valič Foto: Tone Stojko... Sa&scar...
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Marcia Jean Kurtz Date of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
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Jerry Izenberg Trivia
Sports columnist for "The Star-Ledger" newspaper in Newark, New Jersey.By Jerry Izenberg, ...
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