My Top 10 Reason I like '50s BB Cards.... Care to add?

[whiteymet]

Richie Ashburn was my baseball hero. I got to know him pretty well in his later years and the thing he was most proud of was that he had the most hits of any player in the decade of the 50's! Yep, look it up.

I asked him why?

What he said sort of "fits" in this discussion. Something I had never thought of.

He said it was the the best baseball ever played because it was post integration and pre expansion!

[Volod]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Richie Ashburn was my baseball hero. I got to know him pretty well in his later years and the thing he was most proud of was that he had the most hits of any player in the decade of the 50's! Yep, look it up.

I asked him why?

What he said sort of "fits" in this discussion. Something I had never thought of.

He said it was the the best baseball ever played because it was post integration and pre expansion!

Richie made some really astute observations. I loved his quote about a new member of his team: "The kid doesn't smoke, chew, drink, curse or chase women...I don't see how he can possibly make it in this league.":

[egri]

Originally Posted by Volod

Richie made some really astute observations. I loved his quote about a new member of his team: "The kid doesn't smoke, chew, drink, curse or chase women...I don't see how he can possibly make it in this league.":

Around the same time he said that, the Red Sox had a rookie pitcher, Paul Hinrichs, who asked Ellis Kinder how to succeed in the majors. Kinder asked him, "Do you drink?" "No." "Smoke?" "No." "Stay out late chasing girls?" "No." "You'll never make it."

Hinrichs' career lasted two games.

[Volod]

Originally Posted by egri

Around the same time he said that, the Red Sox had a rookie pitcher, Paul Hinrichs, who asked Ellis Kinder how to succeed in the majors. Kinder asked him, "Do you drink?" "No." "Smoke?" "No." "Stay out late chasing girls?" "No." "You'll never make it."

Hinrichs' career lasted two games.

I kind of suspect that the similar quotes reflect a general attitude around clubhouses in '50's. Maybe straight laced young guys were viewed with a jaundiced eye by veterans going way back into past decades.

[Exhibitman]

One word: Flexichrome

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