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Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:42 PM Mar 2020

Interesting story about Tom Hanks

He was homeless as a child at a few points.

He sold peanuts popcorn and crackerjacks at Oakland A's games. At the same time in the clubhouse, owner Charlie Finley had a young spy. He'd talk to players and try to infiltrate Finley's ideas into them. The players were onto it. It was MC Hammer. Stanley Kirk Burrell.

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