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- From: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
- Subject: My Hall of Fame votes
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 20:08:43 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
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- Players:
- James "Cool Papa" Bell
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- Johnny Bench
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- Bill Foster (Negro League's best lefty hurler, perhaps)
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- Rube Foster (The George Halas of the Negro Leagues & a great pitcher. He
- could be listed under either. In fact, he was a great player-manager, too.)
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- Josh Gibson (With all the debate about which catcher was better, I had to
- include both.)
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- Lefty Grove
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- John "Pop" Lloyd (Negro League shortstop - 1900s and 1910s)
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- Christy Mathewson
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- Satchel Paige
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- Cy Young
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- Non-players
- Red Barber
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- John McGraw (Very successful manager in both dead-ball and lively-ball
- eras; more successful than Mack, whom I considered.)
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- San Diego Chicken (Now where do you put that alphabetically - under "San
- Diego" or under "Chciken."? Seriously, why not have a mascot? He just
- edged out Max Patkin, the "Clown Prince of Baseball. I've seen both, and
- wasn't sure which to choose. Hey, baseball is entertainment, too.)
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- Bill Veeck (See last of above comments. Also a great owner. Many don't
- know this, but I read where he was going to buy the Phillies in 1943,
- and sign all the Negro League players. Someone got wind of it, and the
- National League quickly bought them instead. There's a "what if..." we
- can discuss sometime.)
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- Doug Fowler: dxf12@po.CWRU.edu : Me, age 4 & now: "Mommys and Daddys & other
- "Thou shalt love God with all: relatives have to give lots of hugs & love
- thy heart...*and thy neighbor as: & support, 'cause Heaven is just a great
- thyself*." Luke 10:27 : big hug that lasts forever and ever!!!"
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