Joe Joshua in 1953. Arizona Daily Star file photoΒ 

 Arizona Daily Star file photo

Sold to the Cowboys by Phoenix’s Class A franchise for just $250, Joshua became Tucson’s first long-ball star, hitting .359 with 29 home runs and a year later hitting 32 more home runs for the Cowboys.Β 

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