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August 20, 2005
Baseball Career Tracking
Enter issue two of Family Research.
Our great aunt, Irva, has related that our Great Grandfather Irving D. Claude, used to play Major League Baseball at some point during his lifetime.

I have seen some pictures of him pitching, however I have no years with which to trace from. Additionally, it seems that he used a wide degree of nicknames to play under which further exagerate the problem. It also doesn't help when he's one of those four legal namers! Irving Desmond Claire Claude. Shoot me now!
I have been told that he played for the Baltimore Orioles, however, have had no luck in finding a mention of him as yet. Kinda difficult when you can't nail down a year. I have one old picture with him in a Loco or Loca jersey. He spent a goodly amount of time working at the Panama Canal, so he may have gotten that picture then. There is also a local minor league team here in Lima called the LOCOS (locomotive reference), however I am uncertain when they were formed, whether he even came to Lima to play, etc.
Confuzzled and discombobulated. I wonder if there is a book with rosters for baseball somewhere.
Posted by Ravennacht at August 20, 2005 12:47 PM Posted to Family Matters
