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- On Wednesday, Walker will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. But before he became Larry Legend and the first Rockies player elected to the Hall of Fame, all Walker wanted to do was play hockey.
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Born Dec.1, 1966, in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Walker followed the path of thousands of other Canadian athletes into the junior hockey ranks. His brother, Carey, was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, and Larry had visions a National Hockey League career like the one of Cam Neely, a future Boston Bruin who was Walker’s teammate in junior ...
Carrying a .382 first-half average, Walker had batted .390 (189 hits in 484 at bats) from the 1998 All-Star break to the same point in 1999, the equivalent of a full season. He was named to his third consecutive All-Star team.
Apr 2, 2019 · Larry Walker, the Hall of Fame ballplayer who actually wanted to play hockey. B.C.-born slugger was still a rising star when Sports Illustrated profiled him back in 1993. CBC Archives ·...
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Dec 22, 2019 · There was only hockey for Larry Walker of Maple Ridge. *Larry Walker has three brothers and their names are Barry, Carey and Gary. So you know that Larry is this guy’s favorite player.
Dec 27, 2019 · Dec 27, 2019. 21. Larry Walker is easily the greatest Canadian-born former hockey goaltender who went undrafted by Major League Baseball then hit in the Mexican winter league before becoming...
