July Autograph Pick-ups

[dgo71]

Very cool. I agree that Schuerholz is a HOFer, he's a lock in my mind. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Braves spring training site this year and he is a class act. I was glad to add him to my "future HOFer" collection as well.

[Klrdds]

Good foresight to pick him up now. Who knows if he will still be as accommodating after the call from Cooperstown comes, I do not see a reason why he would change but who can predict the future signing habits of an inductee.

[gregr2]

Thomas Shibe - Co-Founder of the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901.

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[tazdmb]

Future Hall of Famer?

[Klrdds]

Great pick up, he is a future Hall of Famer. Just look at his record as an owner, and how he along with Branch Rickey pioneered and successfully developed the minor league system to develop and keep talent within one organization.
He and Walter Briggs in my opinion are the 2 preeminent owners pre 1950 not yet in Cooperstown.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

Great pick up, he is a future Hall of Famer. Just look at his record as an owner, and how he along with Branch Rickey pioneered and successfully developed the minor league system to develop and keep talent within one organization.
He and Walter Briggs in my opinion are the 2 preeminent owners pre 1950 not yet in Cooperstown.

Technically the idea of a minor league system started with Roy Hedges owner of the St Louis Browns. Rickey was in his employ at the time when Hedges formulated the idea. It never came to fruition, so Rickey was able to jump at his next chance in St Louis with the Cards.

Tom C

[Klrdds]

I agree 100 % but it seems in the reference books Breadon gets a lot of the credit. I guess because he was the owner of a successful major league team and Hedges was the owner of the not quite successful Browns.

[HexsHeroes]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

Great pick up, he is a future Hall of Famer. Just look at his record as an owner, and how he along with Branch Rickey pioneered and successfully developed the minor league system to develop and keep talent within one organization.
He and Walter Briggs in my opinion are the 2 preeminent owners pre 1950 not yet in Cooperstown.

Klrdds: Interesting observation. But it seems that former Detroit Tigers Owner Frank Navin's name is more often mentioned as a potential HOFer, and not so much that of Walter Briggs (but whose money was without-a-doubt pivotal to Tigers/Navin's success in the early 1930's).

[Klrdds]

Agree totally about Navin, but the money talks and gets noticed in most cases.
As an aside with your location being in Michigan who do you feel is most deserving Navin or Briggs, or both?