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Published: May 27, 2009
Give Michael Vick another chance
Gates Brown walloped a pinch-hit home run in his 1963 major-league debut.
Brown also was an ex-con. A high school football star in Crestline , Ohio , in the 1950s, Brown found trouble and was sent to reform school. He returned to Crestline High School but was banned from the football team.
Brown eventually committed a robbery and spent 22 months in prison. A Detroit Tiger scout saw Brown play baseball at ...
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