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Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted

Thanks to you, sometime back I purchased "The Glory of Their Times" and really enjoyed reading it. I was, however, somewhat
disappointed that the Ritter didn't include Jack Coombs. Coombs was another one of Connie Mack's College educated ballplayers
(like the two Eddie's......Collins and Plank). Coombs went to Colby College in Maine. He was a very effective Righthanded power
pitcher who amassed an amazing 59-21 record during the years that the T206 set was being produced......and, yet such a star
pitcher wasn't in the T206. The T206 designers could have included him in their last (460) series.

Also, how many know that Connie Mack played Coombs in the Outfield (OF) during his early pitching days for the A's. In 1908 Jack
played 47 games in OF and pitched in 26 games that year. He batted .255 with a .355 SLA and scored 31 Runs and had 23 RBI's.

TED Z