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Richard Dale Long (February 6, 1926 – January 27, 1991) was a first baseman in professional baseball. Between 1951 and 1963, Long played in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1951, 1955–1957), St. Louis Browns (1951), Chicago Cubs (1957–1959), San Francisco Giants (1960), New York Yankees (1960, 1962–1963) and Washington Senators (1961–1962). He batted and threw left-handed.
A native of Springfield, Missouri, Long turned down an offer from the Green Bay Packers to play football, opting instead to play baseball.
Long spent six seasons in the minor leagues, playing for five different organizations before he debuted with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1951, ending that season with the St. Louis Browns. After three and one-half additional seasons in the minors, Pittsburgh gave Long another chance. He hit .291 batting average with 79 RBIs, while collecting double-figure totals in extra-base hits with 19 doubles, 13 triples, and 16 home runs.
In 1956, Long posted career highs in home runs (27) and RBI (91), made the National League All-Star team, and put his name in the record books by hitting eight home runs in eight consecutive games between May 19 and May 28. Since then, the mark has been matched only by Don Mattingly (1987) and Ken Griffey, Jr. (1993), both in the American League, both also left-handed hitters.
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I remember back when I was very small
There used to be this light switch in the hall
I was much too short to reach it so I couldn't turn on the light
My mom would have to turn it off at bedtime ev'ry night
And of course my dad could reach it and my sister could reach it too
But somehow I was just too small and what was I to do?
Well time went by and I just grew and grew
And I was tall enough - yes I was tall enough
I could stretch and reach the light switch in the hall enough
And I must have turned it on and off a hundred times a day 'cause I was
Tall enough
Hooray
Momma kept a sack of birdseed on a shelf
That everyone could reach except myself
I would stand up on my tip toes but I wouldn't quite reach the sack
It's not much fun to be too short to get yourself a snack
And of course my dad could reach it and my sister could reach it too
But somehow I was just too small and what was I to do?
Well time went by and I just grew and grew
And I was tall enough
I could stretch and reach that shelf up on the wall enough
And I bet I must have had a hundred snacks that happy day 'cause I was
Tall enough
Hooray
So if you can't reach the shelf up on the wall
Well no one can when they are young and small
'Cause everyone starts out little and then ev'ryone grows and grows
It's something very simple, something ev'rybody knows yes
Your dad was really little once your sister was little too
And even I was little once and then I grew and grew
And right now you're just tall enough for you
Oh yes you're tall enough - exactly tall enough
Exactly far enough and thin enough and small enough
And although you're growing taller in your very special way
Still you are tall enough today
Yes you're tall enough
Hoo-ray