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Floyd Myron "Rube" Kroh (August 25, 1886 – March 17, 1944), was a professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1906 to 1912. He played for the
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,
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, and
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. He is generally credited as the player who got the ball into the hands of
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in the famous
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game.


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