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Vvvergeer
Posts: 2,058
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| Monday, April 24, 2017 9:09 PM | |
Cool! Got home after a very long day of working, checked the Cubs' box score and saw that some dude named Dovydas Neverauskas was pitching for Pittsburgh. HAD to be Lithuanian, so I immediately started my Googling. Indeed, he's the first Lithuanian-born major league player ever! Two innings, one earned run. Nice job. Gotta look for his rookie card.
If you haven't figured out my excitement, my mother was born in Lithuania. VVVergeer = Vytas Varekojis Vergeer. Very Lithuanian.
Yay!
Just checked. Wow, he already has four cards listed on here. But I'll wait for a major league card.
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Edited on: Apr 24, 2017 - 9:10PM
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NJDevils
Posts: 6,344
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| Monday, April 24, 2017 9:11 PM | |
Congrats to all Lithuanians! I would have bet a bundle that he was a hockey player or basketball
Edited on: Apr 24, 2017 - 9:15PM
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ranfordfan
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| Monday, April 24, 2017 9:23 PM | |
Your the second Vytas I have ever encountered. The first one made your name famous on CBS!! =)
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Vvvergeer
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| Monday, April 24, 2017 9:40 PM | |
Vitas Gerulaitis, washed up dead Lithuanian playboy tennis player?
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ranfordfan
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| Monday, April 24, 2017 9:55 PM | |
Vytas was a contestant on CBS's Survivor, he was on the show three different times I think. He was on once with his brother for sure. I can not think of his last name off hand.
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Vvvergeer
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| Monday, April 24, 2017 9:59 PM | |
Of course! I knew that. Played with his brother the first time. (Alas, I shamefully admit to being a Survivor fan). Shouldn't have assumed you got the spelling wrong. Indeed, he, too spells it with a "y."
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Billy Kingsley
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Vvvergeer
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| Monday, April 24, 2017 10:41 PM | |
Nice! The guy in the horse is, of course Grand Duke Vytautas (Vytas, for short)
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Celticwolfco
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| Sunday, May 14, 2017 2:57 PM | |
That's what I love about the Pirates! They like to give everyone a chance. I remember quite a few years ago now, they had several Russian players that were trying to become the first Russian-born players in MLB. I believe they were also the team that had signed 2 or 3 players from India. Unfortunately, none of them made it all the way. Conversely, the guy the Pirates called up when they sent Neverauskas back to AAA (Gift Ngoepe) became the first player born in Africa (South Africa specifically) to play in the majors!
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NJDevils
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| Sunday, May 14, 2017 3:50 PM | |
Vitas Gerulaitis was of Lithuanian ancestry but he was born in Brooklyn, NY.
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