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projo387 t1_itex7ag wrote
Weren't they the tallest (Bol) and shortest (Web) at the time.
frog666666 t1_itjtiiw wrote
These names remind me of that Japanese baseball game where they had to come up with a bunch of American sounding names
ProfessionSevere3328 t1_itf43id wrote
Team was run out of the office in the back of a bar in Newport, if I remember correctly.
radioflea t1_itgniwv wrote
One of the most Rhode Island thing I’ve ever heard.
ninergang82 t1_itkrqfw wrote
My grandmother used to manage a Cumberland Farms that was on Metacom Avenue in Warren (which is long gone), and I guess Manute Bol was staying in that area during this time and used to regularly go into the store. She said he was the nicest guy, and people got a kick out of just how tall the dude was.
BMorris2526 t1_iteidgw wrote
Played home games at Rogers High School in Newport. Had a 7 foot player named Manute Bol, also John Hotrod Williams Spud Webb and Muggsy Bouges.