What Do These Great Sluggers Have in Common?

by Brent Hartzell and George Barany

This "mid-week level" sports-themed puzzle "honors" the four individuals pictured to the right, and comes with a punchline worthy of O. Henry.

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. We thank Martin Herbach for test solving the puzzle.

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More puzzles here (all), here (sports), and here (tributes).

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