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    Alvin Ralph Dark (January 7, 1922 – November 13, 2014), nicknamed "Blackie" and "the Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager...
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  • Vontavious Porter (MVP) Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882–1966 , photographer Alvin Dark (1922–2014), Major League Baseball player and manager Alvin Davis (born 1960)...
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  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories is a collection of horror stories, poems and urban legends retold for children by Alvin Schwartz and illustrator...
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    The fictional animated singing group Alvin and the Chipmunks created by Ross Bagdasarian have appeared in eight feature-length films since their debut...
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    1962 New York Yankees (27, 20–7) 4–3 San Francisco Giants (15, 5–10) Alvin Dark 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers (11, 3–8) Walter Alston 4–0 New York Yankees...
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  • Dark is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alice Elliott Dark, American writer Alvin Dark (1922–2014), American baseball player and manager...
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  • by one more object, and picks it up to discover it is Bobby Garfield's Alvin Dark glove. Mamasan, glowing brightly, speaks for the first time, saying she...
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  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated...
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    manager Hank Peters and manager Haywood Sullivan with Eddie Lopat and Alvin Dark, respectively. The new duo would oversee the second-best season of the...
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    Carter* 2,092 Harvey Kuenn 2,092 245 Elvis Andrus 2,091 Hal McRae 2,091 247 Alvin Dark 2,089 248 César Cedeño 2,087 249 Harmon Killebrew* 2,086 250 Tim Wallach...
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    "like being locked inside a package of bubblegum where the only card is Alvin Dark." It failed to find an audience and was cancelled after 13 episodes. The...
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  • Athletics to two consecutive World Series championships in 1972 and 1973, and Alvin Dark managed the team to a third consecutive World Series championship in 1974...
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  • led an offense that also featured Don Mueller (.342 batting average), Alvin Dark (.293 batting average, 98 runs), Hank Thompson (26 home runs, 86 runs...
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  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman is a 2000 American animated horror musical dark comedy film produced by Bagdasarian Productions and Universal...
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    Oakland Athletics Alvin Dark 3–1 Baltimore Orioles Earl Weaver 1975 Boston Red Sox Darrell Johnson 3–0 Oakland Athletics Alvin Dark 1976 New York Yankees...
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    Littlefield and Bobby Stephenson, was sent to the New York Giants for Alvin Dark, Whitey Lockman, Ray Katt and Don Liddle on June 14, 1956. The transaction...
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  • television host Blackie Collins (1939–2011), American knife maker and designer Alvin Dark (1922–2014), Major League Baseball player and manager Sam Dente (1922–2002)...
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    total darkness, as well as exploring the wreck of Titanic. Research conducted by Alvin has been featured in nearly 2,000 scientific papers. Alvin was designed...
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  • They won their first National League championship in San Francisco under Alvin Dark in 1962 but lost the World Series that year. In their first 28 years in...
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  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein is a 1999 American animated dark comedy horror film produced by Bagdasarian Productions, LLC. and Universal Cartoon...
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    1903–1907 Larry Doyle, 1908–16 Gus Mancuso, 1937–38 Mel Ott, 1939–47 Alvin Dark, 1950–56 Willie Mays, 1961–72 Willie McCovey, 1977–80 Darrell Evans, 1980–83...
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    members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The inaugural winner was Alvin Dark. Curt Schilling (1995) and Shane Victorino (2008) received the award for...
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    School system and the nearby Cameron University branch located in Duncan. Alvin Dark, World Series champion with the New York Giants as their shortstop in...
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    Boston Braves (1949–1952) 11× All-Star, last living Boston Braves player Alvin Dark – Boston Braves (1946–1949), ROY (1948) Bob Elliott – Boston Braves (1947–1951)...
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    win pennants in both major leagues, joining Joe McCarthy, Yogi Berra, Alvin Dark, Sparky Anderson, Dick Williams, and Tony La Russa. After the 2006 season...
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  • to Tell in the Dark is a 2019 supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal, based on the book series of the same name by Alvin Schwartz. The screenplay...
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    Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American...
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    become major league managers. Eddie Stanky (1952), Bill Rigney (1956), Alvin Dark (1961), Wes Westrum (1965) and Whitey Lockman (1972). In June, future...
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    innings in a 13–4 loss to the Cubs. Alvin Dark, the Giants manager, was criticized for leaving O'Dell in so long, but Dark later explained that he thought...
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    who once coined the city's nickname on his 2000 single Country Grammar. Darker red wavy pinstripes were an allusion to the Mississippi River where St....
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