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Razor Shines was the Baseball Player.

Homer Bone was the Federal Judge.

Razor Shines

Anthony Razor Shines spent sixteen seasons in the minor leagues, mostly with the Indianapolis Indians. He became a fan favorite. So great was his popularity that some fans held “an honorary ‘Razor Shines Night’ while he was managing at a minor league stadium … of the opposing team.” He entered and left the majors as a player a total of three times. Once he set down the bat, he coached and managed for the White Sox organization before the Chicago White Sox named him coach of the team for one season in 2007. After Jerry Manuel secured his job as Mets manager, Manuel picked Shines to be his third base coach, a role that Shines fulfilled in 2009 and 2010. As of 2012, he had a collection of 12 championship rings from his career as a player, coach, and manager in the Minors and Majors. Shines has a reputation for being an upbeat, enthusiastic, and good-natured person, and many young players relate to him. These players consider him both a mentor and a good friend. Aquafina once called Shines the “third base coach of life.” The Los Angeles Dodgers named Shines the 2013 manager for the Great Lakes Loons, the Dodgers’ Single A minor league team in Midland.

Homer Bone

Homer Truett Bone’s formal education ended in the eight grade. Bone’s family lived on his father’s $20 monthly pension and Bone’s earnings. He worked for a range of employers, including a grocery store, a furniture store, and the postal service. But, Bone’s family had some accomplishments in politics. His cousin, Scott C. Bone, was the territorial governor of Alaska who ordered dog teams to transport diphtheria antitoxin to Nome in 1925 to thwart a threatened epidemic, a mission memorialized by the Iditarod sled dog race. Bone passed the bar after teaching himself law at night. He became a special deputy prosecuting attorney, served as corporation counsel for the Port of Tacoma, and served as attorney for Tacoma City Light. In 1922, Bone won a state House seat as a Farmer-Labor candidate, despite his district being strongly conservative. Later, Bone served in the U.S. Senate. In Congress, Bone pushed for more public ownership of power companies. In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Bone to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, on which Bone served 24 years, the latter half of which was part-time.

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Razor Shines

Anthony Razor Shines spent sixteen seasons in the minor leagues, mostly with the Indianapolis Indians. He became a fan favorite. So great was his popularity that some fans held “an honorary ‘Razor Shines Night’ while he was managing at a minor league stadium … of the opposing team.” He entered and left the majors as a player a total of three times. Once he set down the bat, he coached and managed for the White Sox organization before the Chicago White Sox named him coach of the team for one season in 2007. After Jerry Manuel secured his job as Mets manager, Manuel picked Shines to be his third base coach, a role that Shines fulfilled in 2009 and 2010. As of 2012, he had a collection of 12 championship rings from his career as a player, coach, and manager in the Minors and Majors. Shines has a reputation for being an upbeat, enthusiastic, and good-natured person, and many young players relate to him. These players consider him both a mentor and a good friend. Aquafina once called Shines the “third base coach of life.” The Los Angeles Dodgers named Shines the 2013 manager for the Great Lakes Loons, the Dodgers’ Single A minor league team in Midland.

Homer Bone

Homer Truett Bone’s formal education ended in the eight grade. Bone’s family lived on his father’s $20 monthly pension and Bone’s earnings. He worked for a range of employers, including a grocery store, a furniture store, and the postal service. But, Bone’s family had some accomplishments in politics. His cousin, Scott C. Bone, was the territorial governor of Alaska who ordered dog teams to transport diphtheria antitoxin to Nome in 1925 to thwart a threatened epidemic, a mission memorialized by the Iditarod sled dog race. Bone passed the bar after teaching himself law at night. He became a special deputy prosecuting attorney, served as corporation counsel for the Port of Tacoma, and served as attorney for Tacoma City Light. In 1922, Bone won a state House seat as a Farmer-Labor candidate, despite his district being strongly conservative. Later, Bone served in the U.S. Senate. In Congress, Bone pushed for more public ownership of power companies. In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Bone to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, on which Bone served 24 years, the latter half of which was part-time.

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