OT.... Grave Site of Lefty Grove (and Other Major League Ball Players)

[Kawika]

Hiya Brad-
So those are your boys, eh. Good looking young fellows.
After the recent Baltimore National I visited Gettysburg and was treated to a terrific battlefield tour by Jay Wolt. The next day I shot up to Lewisburg specifically to visit Christy Mathewson's grave. I even considered heading to NE Penna to see Joe Wood's resting place as well but had an early flight the next day and couldn't bring it off.
Thanks for breakfast in Baltimore, amigo. It was good to see you again.
David McD.

[leftygrove10]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Hiya Brad-
So those are your boys, eh. Good looking young fellows.
After the recent Baltimore National I visited Gettysburg and was treated to a terrific battlefield tour by Jay Wolt. The next day I shot up to Lewisburg specifically to visit Christy Mathewson's grave. I even considered heading to NE Penna to see Joe Wood's resting place as well but had an early flight the next day and couldn't bring it off.
Thanks for breakfast in Baltimore, amigo. It was good to see you again.
David McD.

Those are neat pictures of Matty's grave. Thanks for sharing.

Yes... Those are my boys. Wesley is wearing the blue sweatshirt and Austin is wearing the green sweatshirt. Wesley is a very good pitcher himself!

After I took the pictures of the boys, my daughter Erin also wanted her picture taken. See below.

[sayhey24]

Brad,

Great thread and a great looking family!

Do you have any closeups of the Lefty plaque?

Greg

[leftygrove10]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

Brad,

Great thread and a great looking family!

Do you have any closeups of the Lefty plaque?

Greg

Thanks! And Yes, I have close-ups of the plaque. I took these pictures a few years ago....

[Zach Wheat]

Not my pics, but off of www.findagrave as previously mentioned (of which I am a contributor) of Zach Wheat in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO. Grandfathers going back 4 generations were brothers; his half of the family went to southern IL and my half went to northern IL.

Z Wheat

[brickyardkennedy]

Some may find this interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ4GB9OeS28

[John V]

I'm headed to NE Georgia on business today. I have Royston programmed on my GPS.

[iwantitiwinit]

Funny and true story for you. I went to school at Bucknell in Lewisburg. The cemetery where Christy is buried is located on route 15 (i think its 15) between the school and where all the seniors lived. One Saturday night in 1983 a "friend" of mine knocks on the door at 3 am (way too much to drink). She tried cutting across one of the dirt roads that led through the cemetary to route 15 in her car and drove into a partially dug grave. We get 4-5 friends and tried to lift/push the car out. 30 minutes later we're sitting in the Lewisburg police station with a lot of "splaining" to do.