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Post by daktari68 on May 29, 2024 8:33:08 GMT -6
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Post by oedipustex on May 29, 2024 14:45:00 GMT -6
In 1884 Heavyweight Boxing Champion John L. Sullivan pitched 5 innings for the St. Louis Browns in an exhibition game. Wild Bill Hickok was asked to umpire a baseball game in Kansas City in 1866. And of course he wore his guns behind home plate. I doubt that there was much arguing over balls and strikes. kchistory.org/blog/strange-goings-exposition-fair-1872-pt-2For those who may not know, the St. Louis Browns (1882-1898) were the same franchise later renamed the Cardinals (1900). They were the St. Louis Perfectos in 1899. The St. Louis Browns of the American League, 1944 AL pennant winners, and now the Baltimore Orioles, started out as the Milwaukee Brewers in 1900 and moved to St. Louis in 1901. |
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Post by oedipustex on May 29, 2024 14:47:25 GMT -6
Love Jim Reeves. He started his career as country, but morphed his style into that of a crooner. |
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Post by daktari68 on May 29, 2024 18:03:50 GMT -6
Pearce "What's The Use" Chiles (1867-1933) b. Deepwater, Missouri Baseball player, scoundrel, prison escapee He fled from Missouri on a rape charge in 1896. He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1899 as a 33-year-old rookie and batted .320 with 76 RBI. He was caught using an electronic buzzer that helped him steal signals from the opposing team. In 1901 he was arrested for conning money from a man on a train and sentenced to 2 years in prison. He escaped prison in 1902 and played for several minor league teams under fake names and was booted off one of those teams for punching a woman in the face. The last anyone had heard about him was in 1903 where he was playing ball in California. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearce_Chiles |
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Post by daktari68 on May 30, 2024 5:21:40 GMT -6
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Post by daktari68 on May 30, 2024 9:30:42 GMT -6
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Post by daktari68 on May 30, 2024 16:32:40 GMT -6
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Post by daktari68 on May 31, 2024 5:51:30 GMT -6
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Post by daktari68 on May 31, 2024 11:37:55 GMT -6
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Post by captbudman on May 31, 2024 15:58:32 GMT -6
It actually belongs to Baseball America. There are some fanatics, some really good posters and a few troublemakers. For someone who loves the history of the game, it is a great site. For those interested in coaching, the 101 Coaching Forum is pretty good although a huge argument two years ago has had some of the members leave. They come back every once in a while. Most of my knowledge of baseball history comes from this huge book someone gave me years ago for Christmas, I had to toss it when my basement flooded but I remembered a lot of stuff from it. Lately I have been researching my memories on the internet and posting them here. I used to stay up all night damaging my peepers reading that book, there were hundreds of pages in it. Do you remember the name of the book? There's a chance that you can find an old copy of the book with some research on the Interwebs. |
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Post by daktari68 on May 31, 2024 16:47:23 GMT -6
Most of my knowledge of baseball history comes from this huge book someone gave me years ago for Christmas, I had to toss it when my basement flooded but I remembered a lot of stuff from it. Lately I have been researching my memories on the internet and posting them here. I used to stay up all night damaging my peepers reading that book, there were hundreds of pages in it. Do you remember the name of the book? There's a chance that you can find an old copy of the book with some research on the Interwebs. Can't remember the name, only that it was very heavy and listed stats of almost all the players. I was surprised they kept stats from back in the 1800s. |
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Post by captbudman on May 31, 2024 16:56:28 GMT -6
Do you remember the name of the book? There's a chance that you can find an old copy of the book with some research on the Interwebs. Can't remember the name, only that it was very heavy and listed stats of almost all the players. I was surprised they kept stats from back in the 1800s. Too bad, although I appreciate you sharing you knowledge and history. I have a book on old automobiles my grandfather gave me when I was young. Jay Leno is one of the few people around who would probably recognize most of the car companies... |
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Post by daktari68 on May 31, 2024 17:33:24 GMT -6
Can't remember the name, only that it was very heavy and listed stats of almost all the players. I was surprised they kept stats from back in the 1800s. Too bad, although I appreciate you sharing you knowledge and history. I have a book on old automobiles my grandfather gave me when I was young. Jay Leno is one of the few people around who would probably recognize most of the car companies... I love the old cars. Wish I still had all mine, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Hemi Charger, 36 Chevy half ton, 55 chevy 1 ton. I used to roam around in junk yards snatching horn caps off the steering wheels. They all had the name of the company on them, Studebaker, Packard, Hudson etc... I pulled this eagle emblem off an old car that read Dodge Brothers, it was cool looking. I had about 30 of these caps and emblems laid out on my ping pong table in the basement trying to figure out what to do with them when this guy installing ductwork spotted them and offered $70 for the lot. Being a poor teenager, I sold them. |
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Post by daktari68 on Jun 1, 2024 5:43:05 GMT -6
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Post by daktari68 on Jun 1, 2024 9:12:24 GMT -6
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