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As times are tough in American these days and things change from day to day it's good ............

General Ray

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to know that we still have our rich history to look back on. I understand there aren't many baseball fans here but that's ok but deep down I think we all remember the great days and for me baseball and it's rich American history says it all through the eyes of a baseball fan, kinda long but some great American history here, grab it and never forget it, our past :usaflag: .......... :thumbup:

Rare Ty Cobb radio interview, This is audio from an interview that Ty Cobb gave on the Coca-Cola Top Notchers program in 1930. The interview is conducted by famous sportswriter Grantland Rice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzkEphQAi7U

Ty Cobb, Johnnie Damiano talks about going to see Ty Cobb!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY2wLk0b9Tg

Rare Ty Cobb footage, This is Cobb's actual voice from a radio interview that took place in 1930 for a Coca-Cola radio show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4y9ml7VhlY

Game scene from the movie "Cobb" starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Wuhl!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2zezizK98U

Babe Ruth's 60th Home Run 1927
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7Iq_I0i6M

Babe Ruth game footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB1Z-7yDSAY

Lou Gehrig - The Iron Horse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Akxduexqug

Lou Gehrig's speech, simple and sweet and to the point, Sweet Lou :thumbup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4msaZTJrTA

Lou Gehrig's Speech in the movie "Pride of the Yankees" played by Gary Cooper, perfect fit :clapping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbNrCxqxzgo

The Shot Heard 'Round The World, 1951, the Giants Win the Pennant!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs

Willie Mays Incredible catch !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dK6zPbkFnE

Jackie Robinson Steals Home, It was the first game of the 1955 World Series between the Dodgers and the Yankees. Trailing 4-6 at the top of the eighth inning with two outs, Jackie Robinson risks 270 feet of progress on the base paths with a daring steal of home, beating Whitey Ford's pitch to the plate. Years later catcher Yogi Berra still maintained Robinson was out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY-XshGhMU

Satchel Paige pitching footage,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWdTMldbWjE

Jimmie Foxx - The Beast, Jimmie Foxx also known as Double X and the Beast, one of the most powerful sluggers of all time. Hit 58 homers in a season and 534 for his career. Ranked #2 to Ruth when he retired.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VxWiHonhkM

Joltin Joe DiMaggio!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjc24BiYK-M

Ted Williams footage, footage of the Splendid Splinter!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImPB6Da13Fo

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax (born Sanford Braun on December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former left-hand pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.
He is best known for his string of six amazing seasons from 1961 to 1966 before arthritis ended his career at the age of 31. A notoriously difficult pitcher to hit against, he was the first major leaguer to pitch more than three no-hitters and a perfect game, the first to allow fewer than seven hits per nine innings pitched over his career, and the first to strike out more than nine batters per nine innings pitched in his career. Among National League pitchers with at least 2,000 innings pitched who have debuted since 1913, he has both the highest career winning percentage (.655) and the lowest career earned run average (2.76); his 2396 career strikeouts ranked 7th in major league history upon his retirement, and trailed only Warren Spahn's total of 2583 among left-handers. Retiring virtually at the peak of his career at age 31, he later became the youngest person ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame at age 36. He is arguably the greatest left-handed pitcher of all time.

http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a81/kos102/2007/Videos/?action=view&current=koufaxf2.flv

The Greatest pitch ever thrown, baseball, it's not just a American pastime anymore , thanks for walking down memory lane with me to see Americana through the eyes of a baseball fan :clapping:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYBEJzy-F0
 
http://people.famouswhy.com/jim_piersall/
 
Loooooong story... real short version.

Mick & I went to high school together... he played center field and I played music & girls... :rofl:

Mick's named after Mantle... and yes, at any given time during the "off season"... It wasn't uncommon to run into:

Mickey Mantle, Roger Marris, Yogi Barra, Spec Shea and any other number of the New York Yankees in Mr. Fortin's establishment.... right across the street from our high school.

Yes, I have met them all..... and actually used to work for Spec Shea.... "The Naugatuck Nugget"

Mickey Fortin, along with a bunch of my high school friends are all in CoopersTown.... and held the longest modern school boy record for most consecutive wins (including state campionships) until very recently... for baseball.

So, there yuh be... a little bit of The NY Yankees here in town!!!

Ray, on my wall in FaceBook, read Mick's article: "Foul Balls From Heaven"... and have a box of tissue handy....


Best... duh Gaff
 
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