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Hey Skip, it's Chris Jenkins! Enjoyed your episode about Rev. Greason. He is a great man and has a great story to tell. Hope you are well!

I remember I was watching a Yankees game in 1983 with a friend of mine who was a Yankee fan. I saw this new player just up from the minors wearing 46 hit two bullets that went for out and on his third at bat roped a double into the right field corner. I asked who’s that? He can hit. My friend replied Mattingly ? He sucks!! I still laugh about that today.

I met Tommy Brown today 25 December 2024 while visiting a friend at a medical rehab facility. He was in good spirits. I asked him to autograph a baseball for me and he agreed. I’ll see him tomorrow with a new baseball for him to sign and to talk more baseball. He played and was good friends with my mom’s cousin Don Zimmer another baseball great.

Hi Coach! Do glad you made this. So cool to hear all the stories from my dad about Buster and the Nashville Vols. Thank you for keeping their memories alive my friend

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Doesn’t ring a bell. Does it have connection to Tom Wilson Park?

I met Henry Kimbro at his Negro League store in Nashville, Tennessee located on Jefferson Street. He talked about Satchel Page and Josh Gibson. He even told me I reminded him of Josh Gibson because we had the same built and size. He even autographed a baseball ⚾️ for me.

What do you know about the Chattanooga Millers?

But how do we know with certainty about the stats and records that Negro Leaguers supposedly put up? A baseball historian reckons that statistics are accurate and verifiable for only about 75% of Negro League games. While black-owned newspapers could be counted on to carry box scores regularly, they often did not have the resources to send a reporter personally to the game and so had to rely on team statisticians. Games were almost never broadcast on radio and so were seldom archived. I don't think that statistics that have a 1 in 4 chance of being created out of thin air are reliable enough to be included with stats which are almost 100% reliable. I recall reading that Josh Gibson was credited with hitting well in excess of 800 home runs during his career. After a thorough examination of available records, this total was revised downward to the mid-500s. Still impressive, by any standard, but there's a significant difference between 550 homers and 800+ homers. (incidentally, I have much the same objection to the early days of the NBA and of almost all years of the ABA)

What would the numbers look like if the barnstorming numbers could be found and utilized for all players?

Thanks for the presentation, I really enjoyed it.

I like the idea of adding Negro league stats , and I like the quotes about Josh Gibson but also, look up what the great Walter Johnson said about him.

The following year, during the seventh game of the 1955 World Series, Brooklyn's Sandy Amoros made a spectacular catch of his own, robbing New York's Yogi Berra of extra bases in the sixth inning in what would turn out to be a 2-0 Dodger victory over the Yankees, the only World Series title for the Dodgers while they were based in Brooklyn. Amoros came off the bench to replace Jim Gilliam, who moved over to second base. Berra hit a fly ball down the leftfield line. Amoros, who was stationed in left centerfield, made a mad dash toward the stands, stuck out his glove, which was on his right hand, and speared the ball as it came down. Amoros whirled and threw the ball to shortstop Pee Wee Reese, who in turn, fired the ball to first baseman Gil Hodges, who doubled a surprised Gil McDougald off first.

Nope, "Bobby" and Billie Joe was throwing something off the bridge. It's a breakup.

This my grandpa I’m happy you covered this man I swear iam 🙏🙏🙏🙏 bless you

Great video, - Rhodes family

It’s crime that Baby Face Assassin is not in the Hall of Fame. Gil Hodges gave Junior the nickname Baby Face Assassin.

I love it!

Thank you for making this video! My grandfather told me Gilliam was his favorite player and he mourned his death back then and still does today. Looked up Gilliam to learn more about him before I go visit him next. Can’t wait to share the story about his connection to John Lewis!

Did he play all positions.

It doesn't matter what he threw off the bridge, the author's mentioning that fact has nothing to do with Billy's choice or the meaning of the song. The song is much darker than that. The song is a statement on the callous disregard of a boys life and tragic death by those that knew him. In particular, the father at the dinner table as well as the mother. The only one in the song who seemed affected by his death was his girlfriend. She lost her appetite in the course of the discussion. His death was only a passing thought of the father and he quickly moves on to discussing the fields that need to be plowed. When people go the route Billy chose, they think "oh I'll show them, they'll remember me now." But the sad fact is life keeps moving forward for those left behind. And his actions only hurt those that really cared for him. In this case, it's the young girl at the table.

Thanks Skip for your support. It is my hope that our wonderful baseball community can get this done, God willing!

Hi Skip - where can I get a jersey like the one you have on? love it.

Great history lesson, Skip. Many thanks!

I wish I could have seen the Hammer play at the Dell, but Charlie Gilbert was our hometown hammer with the inviting ice house across the street. Do you have any extra information of Ted Williams playing in an exhibition game at the Dell and almost grounding out to first base on a shot to the fence on the hill?

Thank you for these lovely memories. I went to the Vols' games in the late 1950's and early 1960's and became friends with Duke Sims, Ed Kirkpatrick, Tom Satriano, Ken Sanders, Jim McGlothlin, and others. That last Vols team had some good talent that ended up playing for the Angels. I was an oddball, a left-handed catcher, and your father was a hero of mine for finding me a mitt. I think he sold it to my dad at cost, because it was so expensive.

Thanks, Skip. He was my boyhood hero. I listened to the games either on WSM-AM in Nashville or WSB-AM in Atlanta. I had a transistor radio with a beige colored ear piece I would slip into church on occasion and I would put the radio under my pillow on late nights and listen to the west coast games. I got to see him play in Atlanta several times and loved every one, win or lose. He was the epitome of a gentleman and a champion on or off the field.

Enjoyed the interview Jerry

Nice Video and story. Congratulations, Larry! Well earned!

Thank you for doing this story and all you have done for baseball