March 19 in Houston Astros History: Mickey Herskowitz of the Houston Post has his first column published as a mythical Houston pitcher named (1962)

Mickey Herskowitz of the Houston Post has his first column published as a mythical Houston pitcher named "Lefty" who tells about life with the Colt .45s. He continues the columns for five years and they sell as a book entitled "Letters From Lefty". A few more letters show up through 1971. They remai

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