If you could be anybody for a week....who?
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posts other people's pictures of girls from the internet on a blog? Hell, you can start being Saddawg today and actually "be him" by posting some googled images just like he did.
Tell me this guy does not get hella ***** playing that guitar.
Girls get wet just thinking about him.
Girls get wet just thinking about him.
week of July 17, 1988</p>and to make this post sports related b/c this thread obviously isn't, how about them Hamilton Mustangs.
Also I'm suprised C34 didn't pick Mike the tiger
Also I'm suprised C34 didn't pick Mike the tiger
I would demand a trade to the Cardinals and change the course of baseball history.
Ruth and Gehrig vs Ruth and Hornsby = same difference.
He was the greatest baseball player ever, and it would be cool to hit a baseball 500 feet.
Ruth and Gehrig vs Ruth and Hornsby = same difference.
He was the greatest baseball player ever, and it would be cool to hit a baseball 500 feet.
In St Louis he would have been in hawgheaven. I say that not knowing if the Augustus Busch family had started brewing there during that time in history.
If you could have talked him into taking the hill every 4 days also imagine the rotation of Ruth , Dizzy, and Daffy Dean. What fun it would have been to be a kid back in the day when a couple bits could get in you in a ballgame and watch those guys play because they loved it, not because they are paid millions. Dont get me wrong I love todays baseball but back then you wouldnt see a outfielder not lay out for a ball or a third baseball not eat dirt to try turn a seeing-eye-single into a 5-3 out for pride, rather than to reach a putout bonus.
HIJACK ALERT. I apologize***
By the way Todd, as big of a baseball and Cardinal fan that you are I have a movie and a book you need to check out if you havent already. The movie is The Pride of St. Louis. Its made the same way Pride of the Yankees was, just for some reason wasnt as well known. I found it on TCM or AMC one morning about halfway through it. Its about Dizzy Deans rise as a rookie, getting married, getting hurt, and then becoming a play-by-play guy for the Cards. Anyway I found an old used VHS of it on EBAY a couple years ago and gave like 2 bucks for it. If you havent saw it, I highly advise you to watch it. If Dizzy's charisma and character had of played for the BoSox or Cubs he would be an ICON today and much more well known than he is now.
Also on the book, its called "All the Stars Came Out That Night". Its about a mythical game that took place back in the 30s in which Dizzy and several other major league greats such as Cobb, Ruth, Gehrig, Hornsby and more played a game against the Negro leaguers lead by Satchel Paige, in which the commishoner forbid the MLBers from any such game, It was financed by Henry Ford. Its a really good read, especially if you are a baseball historian. Again It came out about 5-6 years ago and I bought a hardcover on EBAY for about 5-10 bucks.
If you could have talked him into taking the hill every 4 days also imagine the rotation of Ruth , Dizzy, and Daffy Dean. What fun it would have been to be a kid back in the day when a couple bits could get in you in a ballgame and watch those guys play because they loved it, not because they are paid millions. Dont get me wrong I love todays baseball but back then you wouldnt see a outfielder not lay out for a ball or a third baseball not eat dirt to try turn a seeing-eye-single into a 5-3 out for pride, rather than to reach a putout bonus.
HIJACK ALERT. I apologize***
By the way Todd, as big of a baseball and Cardinal fan that you are I have a movie and a book you need to check out if you havent already. The movie is The Pride of St. Louis. Its made the same way Pride of the Yankees was, just for some reason wasnt as well known. I found it on TCM or AMC one morning about halfway through it. Its about Dizzy Deans rise as a rookie, getting married, getting hurt, and then becoming a play-by-play guy for the Cards. Anyway I found an old used VHS of it on EBAY a couple years ago and gave like 2 bucks for it. If you havent saw it, I highly advise you to watch it. If Dizzy's charisma and character had of played for the BoSox or Cubs he would be an ICON today and much more well known than he is now.
Also on the book, its called "All the Stars Came Out That Night". Its about a mythical game that took place back in the 30s in which Dizzy and several other major league greats such as Cobb, Ruth, Gehrig, Hornsby and more played a game against the Negro leaguers lead by Satchel Paige, in which the commishoner forbid the MLBers from any such game, It was financed by Henry Ford. Its a really good read, especially if you are a baseball historian. Again It came out about 5-6 years ago and I bought a hardcover on EBAY for about 5-10 bucks.
It is very good. Dizzy is one of my favorites. I had to do a report on a famous Mississippian in elementary school, and I did my report on him. He learned to pitch in the army and could have put up some sick numbers if he hadn't gotten hurt in the All-Star Game.
The Busch family had been brewing beer at that time, but there was another problem that they faced- prohibition. I think that they resorted to making furniture at that time until prohibition was over.
I think if Ruth played today, I would have liked to have seen him used as a RF/DH/closer. That way he could have taken 4-5 at-bats a game, and then closed the game out in the ninth. They're still reluctant to do that in the Big Leagues, but I think some of the better hitting pitchers like Micah Owings could pull something like that off. Of course, they didn't use the bullpen in the 20's and 30's like they do today, and they didn't have a DH. Or a guy like Tony LaRussa who would have been willing to try something like that.
As far as baseball players playing for the love and not the money, I hate to say it, but Ruth did have his share of contract holdouts, and he was the first guy to be paid more than the President of the US. I liked his quote about it though- "I had a better year than him". I think baseball players in general still play for the love of the game as much as the old guys because if they didn't, they wouldn't be in the Big Leagues and be willing to play in Pasco, Washington to get up there, and plus the Black Sox scandal of 1919 was in large part because the players felt they weren't paid enough. I do agree about the hard play, but I actually think that some of that is because you do have more power hitters nowadays and fewer contact/base stealing type players who had to kind of find ways to create runs. I think the infielders are more skilled defensively and atheltic now, and also protect themselves better from bang bang plays. And yeah, some it is because of lack of hustle, to. But the salaries have inflated greatly since the 20's.
But my favorite Dizzy Dean story was about the one game he pitched for the St Louis Browns. He was announcing the game and was saying that he was better than the Browns pitchers. Apparently, someone with the Browns- probably Bill Veeck- found out about it, and one thing led to another and Dizzy decided to prove that he was better. Sure enough, Dizzy pitched pretty well- especially since he hadn't pitched in about six years at that point. But the funny part was his wife found out about it, and got upset, and came to the ballpark and made him quit. That was the last game he ever pitched.
The Busch family had been brewing beer at that time, but there was another problem that they faced- prohibition. I think that they resorted to making furniture at that time until prohibition was over.
I think if Ruth played today, I would have liked to have seen him used as a RF/DH/closer. That way he could have taken 4-5 at-bats a game, and then closed the game out in the ninth. They're still reluctant to do that in the Big Leagues, but I think some of the better hitting pitchers like Micah Owings could pull something like that off. Of course, they didn't use the bullpen in the 20's and 30's like they do today, and they didn't have a DH. Or a guy like Tony LaRussa who would have been willing to try something like that.
As far as baseball players playing for the love and not the money, I hate to say it, but Ruth did have his share of contract holdouts, and he was the first guy to be paid more than the President of the US. I liked his quote about it though- "I had a better year than him". I think baseball players in general still play for the love of the game as much as the old guys because if they didn't, they wouldn't be in the Big Leagues and be willing to play in Pasco, Washington to get up there, and plus the Black Sox scandal of 1919 was in large part because the players felt they weren't paid enough. I do agree about the hard play, but I actually think that some of that is because you do have more power hitters nowadays and fewer contact/base stealing type players who had to kind of find ways to create runs. I think the infielders are more skilled defensively and atheltic now, and also protect themselves better from bang bang plays. And yeah, some it is because of lack of hustle, to. But the salaries have inflated greatly since the 20's.
But my favorite Dizzy Dean story was about the one game he pitched for the St Louis Browns. He was announcing the game and was saying that he was better than the Browns pitchers. Apparently, someone with the Browns- probably Bill Veeck- found out about it, and one thing led to another and Dizzy decided to prove that he was better. Sure enough, Dizzy pitched pretty well- especially since he hadn't pitched in about six years at that point. But the funny part was his wife found out about it, and got upset, and came to the ballpark and made him quit. That was the last game he ever pitched.