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(New page: '''Homer I''' was an American black bear (''Ursus americanus'') donated to the Birmingham Zoo by Boston Red Sox first baseman and former Birmingham Baron Norm Zauchin. Zauchin...) |
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<!--According to one [http://books.google.com/books?id=wMa34eXd4DcC&pg=RA10-PA24&lpg=RA10-PA24&dq=%22Fenway%22+%22State+of+Maine+Day%22+%22bear+cub%22&source=bl&ots=rXVUYWEL_s&sig=6_IEXR9V0zCmsbA-G0RdsVdqBr0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AqthUqKkApH29gSRlIDYBg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Fenway%22%20%22State%20of%20Maine%20Day%22%20%22bear%20cub%22&f=false source], Zauchin's teammate, Dick Gernert, won the State of Maine Day promotion on August 24, 1958 and was given another bear cub, also named "Homer", and he also donated it to the Birmingham Zoo. But another [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:e3-p6py5xO0J:www.examiner.com/article/jim-bunning-s-first-no-hitter&client=firefox-a&hs=Ffy&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1 source] shows visiting Detroit Tigers pitcher Jim Bunning receiving the prize for his no-hitter on July 20 of the same year. In [[1961]], Homer V and Homer VI were "won" by the first home run hitters from the Red Sox and visiting Kansas City Athletics at Fenway. Both bears were donated to Maine's State Game Farm.--> | <!--According to one [http://books.google.com/books?id=wMa34eXd4DcC&pg=RA10-PA24&lpg=RA10-PA24&dq=%22Fenway%22+%22State+of+Maine+Day%22+%22bear+cub%22&source=bl&ots=rXVUYWEL_s&sig=6_IEXR9V0zCmsbA-G0RdsVdqBr0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AqthUqKkApH29gSRlIDYBg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Fenway%22%20%22State%20of%20Maine%20Day%22%20%22bear%20cub%22&f=false source], Zauchin's teammate, Dick Gernert, won the State of Maine Day promotion on August 24, 1958 and was given another bear cub, also named "Homer", and he also donated it to the Birmingham Zoo. But another [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:e3-p6py5xO0J:www.examiner.com/article/jim-bunning-s-first-no-hitter&client=firefox-a&hs=Ffy&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1 source] shows visiting Detroit Tigers pitcher Jim Bunning receiving the prize for his no-hitter on July 20 of the same year. In [[1961]], Homer V and Homer VI were "won" by the first home run hitters from the Red Sox and visiting Kansas City Athletics at Fenway. Both bears were donated to Maine's State Game Farm.--> | ||
==References== | |||
* Nowlin, Bill (n.d.) "[http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/048b1058#sdendnote12sym Norm Zauchin]" Society for American Baseball Research - accessed October 18, 2013 | |||
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Revision as of 16:47, 18 October 2013
Homer I was an American black bear (Ursus americanus) donated to the Birmingham Zoo by Boston Red Sox first baseman and former Birmingham Baron Norm Zauchin.
Zauchin won the cub from Maine Governor Edmund Muskie by hitting the first home run for the Sox on "State of Maine Day" at Fenway Park on May 27, 1955. Zauchin's father-in-law was involved in raising funds for the new zoo and his son, David, then three years old, had encouraged his father to try to win the bear.
References
- Nowlin, Bill (n.d.) "Norm Zauchin" Society for American Baseball Research - accessed October 18, 2013