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The Worst Way To Get On The Disabled List
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Dead: Ruth Ann Steinhagen, at 83. Who? Perhaps the most infamous baseball groupie ever, she was the woman whose action served as the inspiration for the novel and movie "The Natural"; she stalked and shot Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus in 1949, getting obsessed with him and luring him to a hotel room where she shot him in the chest with a rifle. She spent just three years in a mental hospital, and Waitkus, fearing more publicity, decided not to press charges (yes, he did survive and returned to playing that season). And then she lived and worked quietly, reclusively, to the point where, until now, most people familiar with the Waitkus story weren't even aware she was still alive. (Today Show/NBC News)
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