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Charlie Muse, a longtime Pittsburgh Pirates executive who created baseball's modern batting helmet, has died. Muse died May 5 in Sun City Center, Fla., at age 87, the Pirates said. He had lived there since retiring in 1989 after 52 years with the team -- many as the traveling secretary. He was renowned with the Pirates for his honesty and thriftiness, often taking public transportation to the...

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