My Deaf Baseball Players Collections Homepage..Heavy Scan!!!

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Posted By: Danny Gabel

Hello..
I worked so hard in past week to make this website happen. Im 26 years old deaf guy who collect Deaf Baseball Players.

http://homepage.mac.com/jennifermari/Menu10.html


Any Tips, Help, Notes, or anything.. Dont be afaird to catch me.

This' a great Forum!!!


Enjoy,
Danny Gabel

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Posted By: Anonymous

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Posted By: Danny Gabel

First of all, Thanks! I collect these stuffs because Im deaf and love baseball so much. Growing up always follow Curtis Pride's playing days. Been to his many games all over in US.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

My retired neighbor was a career administrator for deaf schools. He said Dummy Taylor was an umpire for many school baseball games ... In casual baseball conversation with this neighbor I mentioned the name Dummy Taylor and was suprised my neighbor knew who he was. Not many people off the street would have heard of Taylor.

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Posted By: Danny Gabel

Ohh that's so cool. I didnt know Dummy Taylor was an umpire after his playing days. I always wish that Im older enough to meet Dummy Hoy and Dummy Taylor. Any chance that your retired neighbor have anything related to Dummy Taylor? Even some Photo?? Thanks, Danny

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

Danny, you may already know this, but there is a really good book out there called "Forgotten Heroes" which includes a chapter on Dummy Hoy. It's an excellent read.

http://www.ereader.com/product/detail/2679

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Posted By: Elliot

Great Looking Website!!!!!
I had never heard of Richard Sipek before.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452282330/103-0505030-1905453?v=glance&n=283155

You may already be aware of this book by Darryl Brock, which takes a fictionalized look at Dummy Taylor.

(from Amazon.com)
In 1911, Luther "Dummy" Taylor, an aging deaf pitcher longing to get back to the major leagues, approaches his old boss John McGraw of the New York Giants for a chance to play. McGraw takes him along on an exhibition team that visits Cuba, a country still simmering with hatred stirred up by the Spanish-American War.

It's a fun read, one of three baseball themed books by Darryl.

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

Hello Danny:

I enjoyed looking at your website. I especially liked the Curtis Pride uniforms.

I saw a great TV show on Curtis a few years back. Is Curtis still playing ball?

Thanks,

Patrick

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Posted By: Chris Counts

I recall Curtis went to spring training last year with the Angels as a non-roster player. I looked it up and he had 11 at-bats last year for the Angels, so he must have played AAA ball in their system. He just turned 37 about two weeks ago.

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Posted By: Cat

I follow the Angels pretty closely and although he just had the 11 ABs, he was on the ML roster quite a bit as a fourth or fifth outfielder because of the multiple injuries to Angel outfielders. I would guess he spent around six weeks on the ML roster.

Edited to correct typos unless otherwise noted.

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Posted By: Cat

Danny:

I just noticed that his page on baseball-reference.com expires on January 13th. I would suspect, for a player of his caliber, you could sponsor (I think that's the right term) the page for $15-20. It's a pretty cool thing to do if you are so inclined. I sponsored Tom Candiotti's for $20 and boy I wish I knew how to edit it because what I wrote was pretty cheesey. I don't even like to "click" on it anymore.

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Posted By: Max Weder

Cat

Baseball reference is great

To edit your sponsorship, just log in to your account http://baseballreference.com/my/ and click on the link that says "Change". Easy to do.

Proud sponsor of Lou Gehrig's page http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gehrilo01.shtml

Max

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Danny, the site looks sharp. My suggestion is you have introductary text, even if brief. Many people visiting the site will be new to the idea of the deaf in baseball and won't be familiar with the players. If you want to include something about yourself, that would be great too.