Name Recognition

[KevinHall]

How about this one
Dinner Bell

Mel Turpin

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Le Grand Orange
Baseball

[catfaninin]

Le Grand Orange
Baseball

Never heard that nickname. Assuming it has to do with hair color and knowing he played for the Expos I would guess Rusty Staub.

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Rusty Staub is correct

How about
Human Vacuum Cleaner

[catfaninin]

Brooks Robinson

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Brooks Robinson correct
How about "Smoky" baseball player
BTW not thinking of Walter "Smoky" Alston Dodgers manager

[catfaninin]

only Smoky I can think of is Burgess. And no clue what his real name is.

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Smoky Burgess is it

Try this one
The Kentucky Colonel baseball player -BTW Not thinking of Pee Wee Reese

[Lighthouse]

Now if there were just someone called "Tater" to add to it. But I can't think of anyone.

Well, there was a MLB power hitter who used to hit what was called long "Taters."

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Hint The Kentucky Colonel was a former N Y Yankee

[Matt Dillon]

Hint The Kentucky Colonel was a former N Y Yankee

Jim Bunning?

[KevinHall]

Hint The Kentucky Colonel was a former N Y Yankee

I'll go with Earl Combs. Played with the Yankees in early 20th century. I think he was from Hazard.

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Earle Combs was the Kentucky Colonel
Try this one
"Junior" Baseball BTW Not thinking of Griffey
Thinking of another Junior

[Matt Dillon]

Earle Combs was the Kentucky Colonel
Try this one
"Junior" Baseball BTW Not thinking of Griffey
Thinking of another Junior

Would you, by any chance, be thinking of one of my old Dodgers, Junior Gilliam?

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Junior Gilliam it is. Dodgers fan myself.
Even named my son after former Dodger.

Named him after Edwin Donald
What was Edwin Donald's nickname?