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Mike Bianchi: Bob Boone’s death reminds us of Orlando’s baseball dream that refuses to die

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Yahoo Sports FIRST 57m ago Mike Bianchi: Bob Boone’s death reminds us of Orlando’s baseball dream that refuses to die
ORLANDO, Fla. — When Bob Boone died earlier this week at age 78, baseball lost a legendary catcher, a World Series champion and one of the greatest defensive players ever to squat behind home plate. But Orlando lost something else. We lost another little piece of a big league baseball dream that has been dangling tantalizingly in front of us for nearly four decades. Hop up on my knee and let ...