Baseball version of "The Conqueror"
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post-gazette.com
The Conqueror was a kitschy John Wayne movie shot, apparently, too near a nuclear testing site. 90+ of the 220 people involved with the shooting died of cancer. The 1980 World Series between the KC Royals and the Phillies appears to have a similar weirdness: 5 of the players involved died not just "of cancer", but of brain cancers: Tug McGraw, Ken Brett, Dan Quisenberry, Johnny Oates, and John Vukovich. twilight zone
