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Post by pippsheadache on May 10, 2024 17:40:46 GMT -5
Has anyone read the Fred Lieb book the "Only the Ball was White?" Jeep, I have a decent collection of baseball books and that one is in there. Nice history of early black baseball. Minor correction, it was written by Robert Peterson. Fred Lieb was a Philly guy who covered major league baseball for almost 70 years. I am betting that you have his memoir "Baseball As I Have Known It" which he wrote when he was about 90 years old. Lieb was good buddies with Babe Ruth and especially with Lou Gehrig. He even got involved in trying to persuade Mama Gehrig to accept Eleanor, which I am not sure she ever did. Lieb was an interesting guy -- supposedly he was the one who came up with the nickname "The House That Ruth Built" for Yankee Stadium. After his death some writers accused him of being overly protective of the players he liked, but standards had changed greatly by the end of his career. I remember he was writing a column for The Sporting News almost up until his death around 1980. He definitely knew them all from Willie Keeler to Willie McCovey. |
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Post by bigjeep on May 10, 2024 18:47:19 GMT -5
Has anyone read the Fred Lieb book the "Only the Ball was White?" Jeep, I have a decent collection of baseball books and that one is in there. Nice history of early black baseball. Minor correction, it was written by Robert Peterson. Fred Lieb was a Philly guy who covered major league baseball for almost 70 years. I am betting that you have his memoir "Baseball As I Have Known It" which he wrote when he was about 90 years old. Lieb was good buddies with Babe Ruth and especially with Lou Gehrig. He even got involved in trying to persuade Mama Gehrig to accept Eleanor, which I am not sure she ever did. Lieb was an interesting guy -- supposedly he was the one who came up with the nickname "The House That Ruth Built" for Yankee Stadium. After his death some writers accused him of being overly protective of the players he liked, but standards had changed greatly by the end of his career. I remember he was writing a column for The Sporting News almost up until his death around 1980. He definitely knew them all from Willie Keeler to Willie McCovey. Sporting News was my go to for Giants news when they moved to San Fan. I remember the Actor William Bendix saying that he was one of the guys that Ruth sent out for hotdogs! |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 10, 2024 18:58:28 GMT -5
Jeep, I have a decent collection of baseball books and that one is in there. Nice history of early black baseball. Minor correction, it was written by Robert Peterson. Fred Lieb was a Philly guy who covered major league baseball for almost 70 years. I am betting that you have his memoir "Baseball As I Have Known It" which he wrote when he was about 90 years old. Lieb was good buddies with Babe Ruth and especially with Lou Gehrig. He even got involved in trying to persuade Mama Gehrig to accept Eleanor, which I am not sure she ever did. Lieb was an interesting guy -- supposedly he was the one who came up with the nickname "The House That Ruth Built" for Yankee Stadium. After his death some writers accused him of being overly protective of the players he liked, but standards had changed greatly by the end of his career. I remember he was writing a column for The Sporting News almost up until his death around 1980. He definitely knew them all from Willie Keeler to Willie McCovey. Sporting News was my go to for Giants news when they moved to San Fan. I remember the Actor William Bendix saying that he was one of the guys that Ruth sent out for hotdogs! The Sporting News was indispensable in the pre-Internet days. They printed all the box scores for the week and we read them voraciously. Clare Ruth was not happy with Bendix's portrayal of The Babe in "The Babe Ruth Story " |
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Post by azbob643 on May 10, 2024 19:03:48 GMT -5
Sporting News was my go to for Giants news when they moved to San Fan. I remember the Actor William Bendix saying that he was one of the guys that Ruth sent out for hotdogs! The Sporting News was indispensable in the pre-Internet days. They printed all the box scores for the week and we read them voraciously. Clare Ruth was not happy with Bendix's portrayal of The Babe in "The Babe Ruth Story " Even worse casting than Edward G. Robinson as "Dathan" in "The 10 Commandments" |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 10, 2024 19:05:44 GMT -5
The Sporting News was indispensable in the pre-Internet days. They printed all the box scores for the week and we read them voraciously. Clare Ruth was not happy with Bendix's portrayal of The Babe in "The Babe Ruth Story " Even worse casting than Edward G. Robinson as "Dathan" in "The 10 Commandments" Now that was hilarious. |
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Post by azbob643 on May 10, 2024 19:06:44 GMT -5
Even worse casting than Edward G. Robinson as "Dathan" in "The 10 Commandments" Now that was hilarious. Yeah see...Moses is gone...see. He ain't comin' back...see. |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 10, 2024 19:09:02 GMT -5
Yeah see...Moses is gone...see. He ain't comin' back...see. Completely changed the way I looked at Golden Calves. |
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Post by bigjeep on May 10, 2024 19:29:31 GMT -5
The Sporting News was indispensable in the pre-Internet days. They printed all the box scores for the week and we read them voraciously. Clare Ruth was not happy with Bendix's portrayal of The Babe in "The Babe Ruth Story " Even worse casting than Edward G. Robinson as "Dathan" in "The 10 Commandments" Agreed even though he is one of my favorite Actors. But "Moses" and "Dathan" were best friends in "real" life!  |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 10, 2024 19:33:30 GMT -5
Even worse casting than Edward G. Robinson as "Dathan" in "The 10 Commandments" Agreed even though he is one of my favorite Actors. But "Moses" and "Dathan" were best friends in "real" life! I loved "Little Caesar" and "Brother Orchid." |
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Post by bomberhojoe on May 10, 2024 22:46:28 GMT -5
Even worse casting than Edward G. Robinson as "Dathan" in "The 10 Commandments" Agreed even though he is one of my favorite Actors. But "Moses" and "Dathan" were best friends in "real" life! I assume you mean Edward G. and Heston, that's an interesting fact. |
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Post by bigjeep on May 11, 2024 7:21:32 GMT -5
Agreed even though he is one of my favorite Actors. But "Moses" and "Dathan" were best friends in "real" life! I assume you mean Edward G. and Heston, that's an interesting fact. Yes, Heston wanted Edward G in the "Monkey" movie, but he didn't want to wear the Monkey suit!  He did do Solvent Green with Heston and died a few months later! One of my favorite actors! If Edward G Robinson is in a movie, I'm watching it! |
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Post by rizzuto on May 11, 2024 7:57:45 GMT -5
The Sporting News was indispensable in the pre-Internet days. They printed all the box scores for the week and we read them voraciously. Clare Ruth was not happy with Bendix's portrayal of The Babe in "The Babe Ruth Story " Even worse casting than Edward G. Robinson as "Dathan" in "The 10 Commandments" “This Moses guy is on our turf, ya see. Yeah, he’s horning in on our territory, ya see.” |
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Post by inger on May 11, 2024 8:16:10 GMT -5
Just a few days ago I started posting about some players that had played with both Cal Ripken, Jr, and Tony Gwynn, Sr..
So far I posted snippets about:
Kevin Brown
Fred Lynn
Fernando Valenzuela
Robby Alomar
But the list is a pretty long one. Here’s what we have in addition:
Randy Myers
Al Bumbry
Joe Carter
Craig Lefferts
Tim Stoddard
Ricky Bones
Juan Bonilla
Jarvis Brown
Pat Clements
Storm Davis
Luis DeLeon
Steve Finley
Mike Griffin
Gene Harris
Stan Jefferson
Terry Kennedy
Chuck McElroy
Keith Moreland
Mike Pagliarulo
Mark Parent
Mike Oquist
Heathcliff Slocumb
Pete Smith
Mark Thurmond
Tim Worrell
Anyone know of anymore?
The amount of player movement in the past few years is almost startling compared to the pre-free agent years…
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Post by pippsheadache on May 11, 2024 8:20:32 GMT -5
I like any list that includes Heathcliff Slocumb.
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Post by inger on May 11, 2024 8:23:29 GMT -5
I like any list that includes Heathcliff Slocumb. So many names, so many stories. I’m just not up to the task today… |
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He did do Solvent Green with Heston and died a few months later! One of my favorite actors! If Edward G Robinson is in a movie, I'm watching it!
