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Let’s tie all this together chronologically starting in 1900 when a child was born named Wally Gilbert, a future major leaguer. Wally goes on to have a twenty-one year career in professional baseball, five of which were spent in the major leagues primarily with Brooklyn from 1928-31 and 1932 with Cincinnati. Ironically one of his teammates in Brooklyn was Ike Boone, not Ike Turner who really has nothing to do with it.
In 1936 professional baseball comes to Wausau, WI with the minor league Class C Timberjacks. The Timberjacks first manager in 1936 was Luke Boone, who also has nothing to do with it. In 1939 the Timberjacks hire Wally Gilbert to play third base and manage the team which he does until 1942, when a young 18 year old catcher joins the Timberjacks. His name is Ray Boone, the grandfather in the riddle and not related to Ike or Luke. The Timberjacks played their home games in Athletic Park in Wausau, a field which is still in use today. In 1943 the Timberjacks folded and Ray joined the service for the duration of the war. In 1948 Ray joined the Cleveland Indians. His 13 years ML career with the Indians, the Tigers and White Sox ended in 1960, but young Bob Boone, his son, was already 13. Bob would play ten years for the Phillies begining in 1972 and then with the Angels and Royals. His major league sons Bret Boone and Aaron Boone, born in 1969 and 1973 were almost in the majors by the time Bob retired as a player in 1990. Bret’s last year as a player was 2005, but Aaron played until 2009, seven years ago. So what gives with the Ben Zobrist clue? Well Ben played in Wausau also in the summer of 2003 on the Wisconsin Woodchucks of the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is a summer developmental league for collegiate baseball players. they play a 60 game schedule predominantly in June and July, finishing before the school year begins. The Woodchucks were the league champions in 2003 led by their MVP star Ben Zobrist, the most famous Woodchuck to make it to the big leagues. The "Chucks" play their home games that summer at that same Athletic Park in Wausau, which could easily be called the Wrigley Field of northern Wisconsin. The “Chucks” mascot, also shown in the thread, is Woodrow T. “Woody” Woodchuck, who wears size 32 shoes. That just about sums it up with the clues largely related to the history of baseball in Wausau and the history of the Boone family and other Boones. The Timberjacks records as a Class C Minor League team in 1942 are found in Baseball Reference. The Zobrist connection is not, as the collegiate Northwoods League is amateur baseball. The Zobrist connection can be verified though on his Wikipedia entry or on the Northwoods League website. Oh!!!! ............and Wally Gilbert’s middle name was John. I believe Dewey was the first one to respond correctly, but I am not convinced that he knew it. The cash crop near Wausau is ginseng, not corn. Addenda: Matt Williams’ grandfather Bert Griffith played with two players born in 1900, one of whom was Goose Goslin, but Matt retired in 2003 as a player. If you consider him as a manager, I do not think has retired yet, so the criteria of retirement within the past ten years is not fulfilled Jayson Werth’s grandfather Ducky Schofield was a bonus baby with St. Louis in 1953 and played mostly with Omaha in 1954 and 1955. None of the Omaha or St. Louis players in the 50s were born in 1900, and Jayson is still playing of course. Not to worry though as I reserve the right to include both Ducky and Goose in the Animal Farm Game coming soon to a Forum near you.
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Darn it! I knew I should have gone with my initial guess...the size 32-shoes threw me off...I had read somewhere that they were two size-30s.
Well, Frank - thanks anyway for making this one so much easier than your previous ones. .
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I, like bbb, initially thought of Satchel (Leroy Robert) Paige, since he was a teammate of Ray Boone in Cleveland. I looked him up on Ancestry.com, and found the 1910 census where he is listed as being 4 years old; confirming his 1906 birthdate. I then looked up a few other MLB grandfather/grandson combos and came up dry.
When clydepepper asked about the players being all major leaguers, and there was no reply, I suspected that meant the answer was in the minor leagues. Then when I saw the Ike and Luke hints, I immediately went back to Ray Boone, since I knew of Ike and Luke Boone. That's when I found Walter John Gilbert. Steve
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Three more. There's a theme.
Anthony Charles Kaufman. Born 1900. St Louis 1935. Sam Narron. St. Louis 1935. Sam Narron. Retired 2011. Leones del Escogido. Oscar Frederick Louis Roettger. Born 1900. 1938 Rochester. Sam Narron. 1938 Rochester. Sam Narron. Retired 2011. Henry Nicholas Cullop. Born 1900. 1940 Houston Buffaloes. Sam Narron. 1940 Houston. Sam Narron. Retired 2011. Fun. Thanks, Frank. |
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No way to know for sure that the Gilbert/Boone duo was a unique answer.
The Narron triple play seems almost entirely vaiid as an alternative, but if I wanted to split hairs, Junior's major league career ended in 2004 (more than 10 years). In the minors he lasted until 2011. Interesting that the grandson was named after Gramps and that Dad apparently couldn't hit a curve ball. Dewey turned my single into a grand slam though and deserves a standing ovation.
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Tried like crazy to find a link via Charles Dewey Jamerson, January 26, 1900. Red Sox. To no avail.
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How did Frank miss that one?
As a bit of esoterica, none other than Josh Donaldson was on that Dominican team. Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 05-16-2016 at 10:04 PM. |
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I always wondered why they didn't just call him the manager. Some egalitarian thing? NFL wannabe?
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The Cubs had a "college of coaches" system from 1961 to 1965, a rotation of eight different coaches in 1961 and 1962, and one "head coach" from 1963 to 1965, Bob Kennedy. Elvin Tappe replaced Kennedy halfway through the 1965 season. It was a disaster, Leo Durocher was named manager for the 1966 season.
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For 10 points name Elvin Tappe's four cards. Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 05-17-2016 at 08:55 PM. |
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