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Originally posted by grimm@Feb 25 2005, 02:49 PM
i cant believe nobody has mentioned Joe Jackson, Willie Mayes, jackie robinson...
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I met Willie Mays as a ten year old kid ... a personal encounter with [diety]itsownself accompanying the Queen of England and the President of the United States would have paled by comparison.
My grandfather had opinions on race that would make a Klansman blush - but one did NOT talk badly about Jackie Robinson around him. Besides Robinson, the only other National Leaguer that my grandfather had any use for was Stan Muscial*, although he was convinced that Muscial's outrageous salary demands were going to ruin the game.
My grandfather was also convinced that the entire city of Baltimore was occupied by thieving bastards who stole the Browns from him personally.
* Muscial was the first National Leaguer to make over $100,000. That's a season, not a game.