tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post8845459678303396834..comments2022-03-25T01:42:31.175-07:00Comments on Baseball Eras Blog: 11 Players You May Not Know from the 1920's but ShouldBaseball Eras Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-59540807221369307592013-01-22T20:57:38.572-08:002013-01-22T20:57:38.572-08:00Without the continued gambling in 1920 and the exp...Without the continued gambling in 1920 and the exposure o the fix in the regular season Cubs-Phillies games It is not likely that the gambling problem would have been fixed anytime soon. There is plenty of evidence that the owners knew (or at least had very strong suspicions)about the gambling in the 1919 Series. Schalk was positive of it, for many reasons. During the series he started a fight with Lefty Williams (one of the 8 Black Sox)because Lefty threw nothing but fastballs, even when Schalk was calling for breaking balls. Chapman's death was truly horrible but it lead to several safety changes in the game, including the outlawing of spitballs or trick ptches as well as forcing the umpires to introduce new balls into play anytime there was a scuff on the ball.Baseball Eras Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-40295522305052103542013-01-22T15:23:59.894-08:002013-01-22T15:23:59.894-08:00Do you think there would have been an investigatio...Do you think there would have been an investigation into the 1919 WS if there would not have been rampant betting the next year? i guess it is a moot point since they thought they got away with it in 1919 why not continue it.<br />Interesting story on Ray Schalk. Really all of these insights and stories are great reading.<br />Loved the names Pipp and Ping Bodie. Pipp and Ping sounds like a comedy team from Las Vegas.<br />I did know about Wambsgass unassisted triple play( you described that perfectly, felt like I was right there0 but did not realize it was in the WS. Unassisted triple play is the rarest of plays.<br /> Great story about Peckinbaugh. See umpiring is just as bad today as in the early years. It's not so much the bang bang plays they get wrong, it's the obvious plays they miss that gets me upset.<br />Heine Groh's bat looks loke a softball bat. I'm sure that type of bat does not meet today's measurements.<br />Mays hitting Chapman is a travesty. There was a novel by John Grisham called " Cocalico Joe" that I read this year. It was about a mean unhappy pitcher who beans a promissing rookie and ends his career. I wonder if Grisham got his idea from the Mays Chapman incident.<br />Hope is correct; players today don't have the nicknames they use to have. Maybe a " Junior" or Wizard of Oz' but back in the day everybody had a nickname.<br /><br />TJD Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-12598174024827534292013-01-15T21:53:39.615-08:002013-01-15T21:53:39.615-08:00I'm glad you enjoyed the stories. I think we ...I'm glad you enjoyed the stories. I think we should pitch a movie idea to Disney for a cast of animated characters named Pipp, Wamby and Peckinbaugh. Pipp can be a British bulldog. Wamby is wombat and Peckinpaugh is a parrot. What do you think?Baseball Eras Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-9445441016104933932013-01-14T23:23:22.072-08:002013-01-14T23:23:22.072-08:00"Pipp", "Wamby", "Heinie&..."Pipp", "Wamby", "Heinie", "Peckinpaugh": don't they sound like animated characters? lol<br /><br />Very intersting stories again. How crazy that Pipp's one-day abscence made legend. I'm looking forward to the other articles that you alluded to in this one. There's definitely more to these stories that I'd love to read about.Hope at Disneyland https://www.blogger.com/profile/02370611078115502407noreply@blogger.com