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FAIR HOOKER





The football player



Fair was a 5th round draft choice of the cleveland Browns in 1969. He went to college at Arizona State University. At ASU, Fair lettered in track and football. He was part of an impressive receivers corps at ASU. John Pitts and J.D. Hill would both be drafted in the first round by the Buffalo Bills, albeit 4 years apart. Larry Walton was drafted by the Detroit Lions the same year Hooker was. Pitts would play Safety for the B... Read More

Clay Buchholz is struggling and Tim Wakefield is injured. The Red Sox are in the middle of a Playoff race. What do they do? They go out and get Paul Byrd from the cleveland Indians.The BoSox will send a player to be named later or cash considerations to the Indians in return.Byrd has been a lack-luster 7-10 this year with a 4.53 ERA. But with Buchholz struggles, the fact that Byrd is 4-0 with a 1.24 ERA since the All-Star Break makes the pickup that more intelligent. Compare that to Buchhol... Read More