Who Is Your Favorite Baseball Player - 1869 or Earlier, Worldwide?

bertha katzenengel

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Wed Jul-18-07 03:55 PM
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Who Is Your Favorite Baseball Player - 1869 or Earlier, Worldwide?

bounce off of this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6731638

Mine: a tie between Nolan Ryan and Bobby Grich and Tim Salmon

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Jul-18-07 03:56 PM
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1. Tony Oliva!

Love him to death!

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bertha katzenengel

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Wed Jul-18-07 07:17 PM
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7. I remember that guy.

Mrs. V. and I were talking about baseball the other night and I asked if she remembered Frank Viola. "No." :wtf: I was stunned. "Frank 'Sweet Music' Viola? WS MVP from from 1988?!" (I think) She never heard of him. :(

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KitchenWitch

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Fri Jul-20-07 10:44 AM
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9. MMMM "Sweet Music"

:loveya:

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Oeditpus Rex

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Wed Jul-18-07 05:53 PM
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2. Andy Leonard

Left fielder, Cincinnati Red Stockings. Really nice guy. And his sister Kait was hawt.

Hey, you said "1869 or earlier." :P

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bertha katzenengel

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Wed Jul-18-07 07:15 PM
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6. Okay, I swear i didn't read this post before replying to Shakespeare.

I swear I didn't. :hi:

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Oeditpus Rex

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Wed Jul-18-07 07:26 PM
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8. My favorite work of fiction

I lent it to another DUer (whose name may or not be Mutley_R_Us) and will read it again upon its return.

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Shakespeare

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Wed Jul-18-07 05:57 PM
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3. 1869 or earlier?

Really? ;-)

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bertha katzenengel

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Wed Jul-18-07 07:14 PM
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5. Didn't know how old I was, didja? -- I did mean EIGHTEEN-69.

Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 07:15 PM by bertha katzenengel

Do you read? I learned about pro baseball in the 19th century from a piece of fiction called If I Never Get Back. Seems to me the author did some very detailed research for the book. It's a great read for a baseball/time-travel fan. And that's all I'm going to tell you. ;)

It's said that Abraham Lincoln once forstalled a reporter during a game (a game he was in), telling him, "wait until I make another hit."

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datasuspect

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Wed Jul-18-07 05:58 PM
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4. Zeke "the Roanoke Rapscallion" Furrow

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