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Reading Baseball: The curse of the mustache

Pete Peterson and his son, Stephen, sporting their mustaches this summer
Dean Marshall
Pete Peterson and his son, Stephen, sporting their mustaches this summer

Last month, Pete Peterson told us why a mustache he had grown over the summer would be his first and last attempt at facial hair.

Now, in his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete explains the Curse of the Mustache.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.

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