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

[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.":