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Originally Posted by Ocotillo
From Baseball Reference
He is best remembered for his always present toothpick. UL always played with a blade of Bermuda grass in his mouth in high school. He kept up the habit in the minor leagues. Kansas City had artificial turf, so the toothpick was his adaptation to not having a blade of grass available.
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Originally Posted by Ocotillo
Other interesting tidbits from Baseball Reference Bullpen:
Washington came out of the Royals Baseball Academy.
He went a career 12-for-18 off Gaylord Perry.
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Born Oct. 27, 1953, in Stringtown, Okla., U L Washington – the “U” and the “L” did not stand for other names but rather were his given identification; a relative shared the same name – starred in basketball and baseball in high school but went undrafted when his class graduated in 1971.