Topic: Spirits who changed the soul of the game and their definitive cards

[JollyElm]

Rickey Frickin' Henderson!

I'm working on another SGC reveal video, and one of the cards in it is a Rickey Rookie (say that five times fast) and it made me remember how he took an absolute chainsaw to the way the game was played before him with his terroristic baserunning.
Quite literally a game-changer from the moment he appeared in the majors, I feel lucky to have been around to witness his career.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Rickey Frickin' Henderson!

I'm working on another SGC reveal video, and one of the cards in it is a Rickey Rookie (say that five times fast) and it made me remember how he took an absolute chainsaw to the way the game was played before him with his terroristic baserunning.
Quite literally a game-changer from the moment he appeared in the majors, I feel lucky to have been around to witness his career.

Absolutely! + a million on this!

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Rickey Frickin' Henderson!

I'm working on another SGC reveal video, and one of the cards in it is a Rickey Rookie (say that five times fast) and it made me remember how he took an absolute chainsaw to the way the game was played before him with his terroristic baserunning.
Quite literally a game-changer from the moment he appeared in the majors, I feel lucky to have been around to witness his career.

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[dbussell12]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Rickey Frickin' Henderson!

I'm working on another SGC reveal video, and one of the cards in it is a Rickey Rookie (say that five times fast) and it made me remember how he took an absolute chainsaw to the way the game was played before him with his terroristic baserunning.
Quite literally a game-changer from the moment he appeared in the majors, I feel lucky to have been around to witness his career.

wish i had gotten a chance to see him play in his prime darren! really glad he made it to the mets toward the end of his career. exactly. there's a before and after rickey henderson on the basepaths.

[oldjudge]

Not sure why Maris changed the soul of the game? He was a good player who hit a lot of homers during an expansion season in a stadium with a short right field porch. This isn't Yankee hating--I'm a Yankee fan. I just don't see it.

[dbussell12]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Not sure why Maris changed the soul of the game? He was a good player who hit a lot of homers during an expansion season in a stadium with a short right field porch. This isn't Yankee hating--I'm a Yankee fan. I just don't see it.

oh man. have you read about his story in the 61 homer season and everything he went up against? the emotional, psychological, and spiritual turmoil of that season and facing down the biggest record in baseball history set by the greatest yankee in baseball history while battling one of the greatest yankee sovereign sons in mickey mantle all the while to do it? as an outsider from an immigrant family in a small town in minnesota whom many yankee fans actively set themselves against in the process of breaking that most hallowed record?

its a no brainer to me, but i respect your opinion!

[REG1976]

My choice is Wally Yonamine for Japanese Baseball the first American of Japanese descent born in Olowalu, Hawaii. He was also the first Japanese descent to play Football for the San Fran 49er's in 1947. Wally played for the Salt Lake City Bees in 1950 before he went to Japan, playing American style baseball, that the Japanese were not accustomed to and being a Nisei. Wally Yonamine the only American born Japanese League player to be inducted in the Japanese HOF, along with his accomplishments that changed Baseball in Japan.
1951 Osato Gangu Rookie Card

[dbussell12]

Originally Posted by REG1976

My choice is Wally Yonamine for Japanese Baseball the first American of Japanese descent born in Olowalu, Hawaii. He was also the first Japanese descent to play Football for the San Fran 49er's in 1947. Wally played for the Salt Lake City Bees in 1950 before he went to Japan, playing American style baseball, that the Japanese were not accustomed to and being a Nisei. Wally Yonamine the only American born Japanese League player to be inducted in the Japanese HOF, along with his accomplishments that changed Baseball in Japan.
1951 Osato Gangu Rookie Card

wow... thanks for sharing this!! wild that he played pro football too. looks like sabr still hasn't written his article yet. hard to believe! thanks for sharing and exposing me and i'm sure other members of our community to such an awesome figure in the game's history. will be doing my research this evening. cheers!

[REG1976]

Originally Posted by dbussell12

wow... thanks for sharing this!! wild that he played pro football too. looks like sabr still hasn't written his article yet. hard to believe! thanks for sharing and exposing me and i'm sure other members of our community to such an awesome figure in the game's history. will be doing my research this evening. cheers!

I have the book by Rob K. Fitts "Wally Yonamine, The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball"

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Not sure why Maris changed the soul of the game? He was a good player who hit a lot of homers during an expansion season in a stadium with a short right field porch. This isn't Yankee hating--I'm a Yankee fan.

The detail that you're a Yankees fan is painfully obvious. Yankee fans were the ones most opposed to anybody (but perhaps Mickey Mantle) breaking Babe Ruth's record.

Originally Posted by dbussell12

oh man. have you read about his story in the 61 homer season and everything he went up against? the emotional, psychological, and spiritual turmoil of that season and facing down the biggest record in baseball history set by the greatest yankee in baseball history while battling one of the greatest yankee sovereign sons in mickey mantle all the while to do it? as an outsider from an immigrant family in a small town in minnesota whom many yankee fans actively set themselves against in the process of breaking that most hallowed record?

its a no brainer to me....

Agreed! Can you imagine the majority of your home team fans cheering against you? Talk about a no class display by Yankees fans.