BB: Requiem in pace (R.I.P.)

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CrashDavisD3

Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 06, 2012, 10:00:09 PM
Shannon Stone, Ranger fan, R.I.P.

Most of us don't recognize the name, but we remember the horror.

The Texas Rangers unveiled the statue entitled:

         Ranger Fans
Shannon and Cooper Stone

at the Ball Park in Arlington.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/rangers-unveil-shannon-cooper-stone-statue-021459642.html
This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.  "There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
Crash Davis Bio - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/crash0908.html

bulk19

Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 06, 2012, 10:00:09 PM
Shannon Stone, Ranger fan, R.I.P.

Most of us don't recognize the name, but we remember the horror.

The Texas Rangers unveiled the statue entitled:

         Ranger Fans
Shannon and Cooper Stone

at the Ball Park in Arlington.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/rangers-unveil-shannon-cooper-stone-statue-021459642.html
+K for posting that.

I just saw a different link to the story, and agree with the Rangers for creating a statue on behalf of him, and his son, and basically all of us fans who love the game...


Ralph Turner


Mr. Ypsi

Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 27, 2012, 08:34:45 PM
Bill "Moose" Skowron  Yankee 1B.

One of my favorites as a kid in the 50s.  Thank God his nickname of 'Mussolini' got shortened to 'Moose' - a highly appropriate moniker for a first baseman! ;D  'Mussolini', not so much! :P

CrashDavisD3

This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.  "There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
Crash Davis Bio - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/crash0908.html

Ralph Turner

Quote from: CrashDavisD3 on April 28, 2012, 01:58:44 AM

Yes!  That is the Bill Skowron baseball card that I had.

Let's be honest.  He was not photogenic like a Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Bobby Richardson or even Cletus Boyer..

NoVa Baseball

I almost hesitate to say this and mean no disrespect to Moose, but after watching all the coverage of Bryce Harper this week, I have to say he is the spitting image of Moose.  Anyone else notice the resemblence?

Ralph Turner


Ralph Turner

Jerry Adler, composer of "Damn Yankees".  "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets".   ;)

The Year that the Yankees Lost the Pennant was the first "grown-up" book that I ever read. I was 9 years old. My grandmother let me read her Reader's Digest Spring 1955 edition.  She must have considered that the "G" rated version suitable for my innocence.

Can you imagine "Damn Yankees" re-done in 2012?  Is it "politically correct" to smoke a cigarette in Hollywood?  I guess, if Mr Applegate can light it with a snap of his fingers.

Who would play Joe Boyd/Joe Hardy?  Is Kevin Costner too old?  You can't fake looking like a baseball player.  It would take a real athlete.

Lola?

Mr Applegate?  Who besides Alan Rickman?

Ralph Turner


CrashDavisD3

This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.  "There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
Crash Davis Bio - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/crash0908.html

Ralph Turner

Ruth Ann Steinhagen, the woman who shot Eddie Waitkus, the former Cubs first baseman.  You will recognize this as the plot line for "The Natural".

Mr. Ypsi

Virgil (Fire) Trucks, oldest living ex-Tiger and 8th oldest living MLBer, dead at 96.  In 1952 he went 5-19, but among his five wins was a one-hitter and TWO no-hitters!  He won all three games 1-0, which suggests why he lost 19 games for the 104-loss Tigers! :P

Ralph Turner


CrashDavisD3

This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.  "There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
Crash Davis Bio - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/crash0908.html