Valadius Old-Timey Member Posted July 26, 2009 Author Posted July 26, 2009 Great Rickey quote:]"They kept that s--- a secret from me ... I wish they had told me. My God, could you imagine Rickey on 'roids? Oh, baby, look out!" � Henderson on steroids, The New Yorker, Sept. 12, 2005
Fman99 Old-Timey Member Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 Looked up Joe Gordon (inducted today by the Veterans committee) on Baseball Reference. His career compares most closely with none other than the "Stache" himself, Jose Valentin.
G-Fafif Old-Timey Member Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 ="SteveJRogers":8sj12too]="Frayed Knot":8sj12too]="Valadius":8sj12too]Holy crap, Bob Feller is 90 years old?[/quote:8sj12too]Feller is, I believe, both the oldest living HoF-er (took over for Rizzutto) and the earliest inductee among the still-breathing set.[/quote:8sj12too]Doerr I believe is a few months older than Feller.[/quote:8sj12too]Feller's distinction is having lived as a Hall of Famer (47 years) longer than anybody else.
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