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Post by noetsi on Jul 16, 2019 20:26:05 GMT -5
strange this is the 7th game in a row our offense has struggled. I guess sometimes things just happen in baseball.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 20:27:19 GMT -5
Thanks Utah. It was a baseball history lesson just growing up. The A's players were always giving him tickets to the games. Many times he played catch with Jimmie Foxx and acted as a gofer for him. He said Foxx was like a big kid, good-natured and generous. Once Jimmie started making some money, he moved out of my grandparents place -- which was right behind the right field line of Shibe Park -- and went to the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, which at that time was Philly's version of the Waldorf Astoria. But he always had time for my father and other neighborhood kids. Simmons was a little grouchier, but still good to the kids. Indian Bob Johnson stayed in touch with my grandparents for many years after his career ended. They didn't know the first thing about baseball, but they treated the A's players like family. It was a very different era. Nobody thought it was a big deal to chat with Connie Mack out on the street before or after a game. I never met any of them, but I felt like I knew them. Fantastic stuff. My father and grandfather were Cardinals’ fans, but my dad’s favorite players were Jimmy Foxx and then Albert Pujols. Wow, your father was eclectic. But he picked two of the best ever. Most Cardinal fans of that era loved Stan the Man too. |
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Post by utahyank on Jul 16, 2019 20:28:33 GMT -5
wow...I would have loved to talk to your Dad for a week or so....I saw Foxx in 1941 with the Red Sox...big man....he was on a decline then, but still seemed a dangerous hitter when he was in the box....I saw Al Simmons in both '41 and '42, I think....way more open stance than anyone...he was declining also...the guy who was still a force then was Indian Bob Johnson....I really liked him as a quality player...smooth......Wally Moses was a little younger, and still a decent player into the 50's....what stories your Dad must have had of that golden era of baseball... Thanks Utah. It was a baseball history lesson just growing up. The A's players were always giving him tickets to the games. Many times he played catch with Jimmie Foxx and acted as a gofer for him. He said Foxx was like a big kid, good-natured and generous. Once Jimmie started making some money, he moved out of my grandparents place -- which was right behind the right field line of Shibe Park -- and went to the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, which at that time was Philly's version of the Waldorf Astoria. But he always had time for my father and other neighborhood kids. Simmons was a little grouchier, but still good to the kids. Indian Bob Johnson stayed in touch with my grandparents for many years after his career ended. They didn't know the first thing about baseball, but they treated the A's players like family. It was a very different era. Nobody thought it was a big deal to chat with Connie Mack out on the street before or after a game.
I never met any of them, but I felt like I knew them. It was very different from today....probably even more so in the 20's and 30's, but in the 40's and 50's you could often see players near the ballpark on the street...the visitors had a hotel close by, and no one thought of renting a car, so they walked to the park...when I have told my kids and grandkids about some of those times they give me a doubtful look, because from about the 60's, the players were more sequestered from the public....and I don't blame the players for wanting separation... |
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Post by rizzuto on Jul 16, 2019 20:30:16 GMT -5
Fantastic stuff. My father and grandfather were Cardinals’ fans, but my dad’s favorite players were Jimmy Foxx and then Albert Pujols. Wow, your father was eclectic. But he picked two of the best ever. Most Cardinal fans of that era loved Stan the Man too. Everybody loved Musial. He was more tied to the teams of his childhood - the Gas House Gang. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 20:32:20 GMT -5
Yep. Even into the early 60s, there were Yankee players living in apartments on the Grand Concourse within walking distance of Yankee Stadium. During the great 1961 season, Mantle and Maris and Bob Cerv were sharing a modest apartment in Queens.
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Post by noetsi on Jul 16, 2019 20:32:47 GMT -5
gardner upset with himself for that last swing. Good for him.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 20:33:48 GMT -5
Wow, your father was eclectic. But he picked two of the best ever. Most Cardinal fans of that era loved Stan the Man too. Everybody loved Musial. He was more tied to the teams of his childhood - the Gas House Gang. Those were amazing teams. I would have loved to see Pepper Martin in action. |
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Post by noetsi on Jul 16, 2019 20:35:45 GMT -5
thought that was gone  |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 20:36:21 GMT -5
How did that not stay fair?
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Post by noetsi on Jul 16, 2019 20:36:41 GMT -5
ok that one was gone
4-3 judge gives us the lead
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 20:37:12 GMT -5
JUDGIE WUDGIE!!!!!
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 16, 2019 20:38:10 GMT -5
Judge pulls an Edwin with the just missed foul ball and than the real thing a pitch later.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 20:38:11 GMT -5
Voit looking good on that swing. This is more like it.
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 16, 2019 20:38:31 GMT -5
How did that not stay fair? lol, the next one did. |
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Post by noetsi on Jul 16, 2019 20:38:34 GMT -5
urshela in as a pinch runner and defensive bear
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