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R.I.P Cecil Travis.....
Posted By: James Feagin
A war hero, baseball hero, Hall of Fame worthy. Sure he is not at the top of most pre-war wantlists, however, there is not many who are a better representation of what this country is about. |
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R.I.P Cecil Travis.....
Posted By: Kenneth A. Cohen
Travis' election to the Hall would be a nice and fitting departure from the recent elections to the "Hall of Longgevity." |
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R.I.P Cecil Travis.....
Posted By: barrysloate
There was a post on the board a couple of days ago which noted that Fred Clarke went five for five in his first game in the majors. The only other player to do it was Cecil Travis. |
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R.I.P Cecil Travis.....
Posted By: Paul
Does anyone know why he retired so young? |
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R.I.P Cecil Travis.....
Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)
He missed 1942-44 completely and most of 1945. He wasn't the same player after the war. Travis had 8 very productive seasons before the war. |
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R.I.P Cecil Travis.....
Posted By: Anonymous
Frostbite of his toes during military service has been noted as the reason for his loss of production. That, and over three prime years lost to service for to his country. |
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R.I.P Cecil Travis.....
Posted By: Greg
A person shouldn't be elected to the Hall of Fame just because he died, but in this case I think the publicity surrounding the death of Cecil Travis brings to light the fact that he is a deserving candidate who had long been forgotten. |
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R.I.P Cecil Travis.....
Posted By: Chris Counts
There are few subjects that get me more fired up than who should be in the Hall of Fame. And there few more deserving players than Cecil Travis. My uncle played on a team with him in Germany during the war, so perhaps I'm a bit biased, but was Travis really any less a player than most of the Hall of Fame shortstops? Was he really less a player than Joe Tinker, Rabbit Maranville, Bobby Wallace, Phil Rizzuto, Arky Vaughan or Dave Bancroft? The real tragedy, like that of Buck O'Neil, is that baseball fans never had the chance to see Travis standing at the Cooperstown podium with his plaque in hand. And for that, I resent those who make the decisions at the Hall ... get it together, you guys! By the way, Minnie Minoso is still alive, and there are few things I'd rather see than him standing at that podium ... But back to Travis, the man with the third highest batting average lifetime among all shortstops to ever play in the major leagues ... Rest in peace, Hall of Famer ... |
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