A former Negro League player who had a (failed) tryout with the 1962 Mets, and currently a part-owner of the Texas Rangers, this frustrated ballplayer found another career better suited to his skills: singer and Grand Ole Opry member Charley Pride.
Pride, who was closely associated with the Rangers for years, wound up in a Milwaukee Brewers uniform and the subject of Doug McWilliams' camera -- and a pair of postcards issued in 1973. His biggest hit, 1971's "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" hung in at Number One for five weeks. He became a part-owner of the Rangers in 2010.
Ironically, his final No. 1 hit, in 1983, was "Night Games."
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