publication date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 (part of Spring 2019)

category: Sports

clue: Despite how many people have gotten past first base with this Dominican athlete, he's not as widely associated with being smooth and sexy as his guitarist namesake.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Erik Bates, Aaron Shurtleff, and Stan Iwanchuk


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