Chapter 1 · Tim Wallach
Drafted as a first baseman, he reinvented himself at third and became the Expos' defining player: five All-Star teams, three Gold Gloves.
Exhibitions · Baseball
In productionFive men who had to become someone else — a first baseman who became a franchise's defining third baseman, a slugger who came back from a fused neck, the man asked to replace an icon, a pitcher who told the truth about depression in 1997, and a catcher who rebuilt his swing twice.
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Drafted as a first baseman, he reinvented himself at third and became the Expos' defining player: five All-Star teams, three Gold Gloves.
275 home runs, then two fused levels in his neck and a throwing arm that lost its strength; he still tried to come back.
Debuted the day Texas traded Buddy Bell: “I couldn't be Buddy Bell or anyone else.” He held the position for seven seasons.
In 1997 he said publicly what almost no athlete said then: he had clinical depression. He got treatment, came back, and led a staff.
A backup catcher for 16 seasons who reinvented his swing twice to stay in the game.
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