Comments on: Baseball coma http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2010/02/22/baseball-coma/ A Historical Look at the National Pastime Sat, 12 May 2012 20:33:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Graham Womack http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2010/02/22/baseball-coma/#comment-4326 Graham Womack Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:32:10 +0000 http://baseballpastandpresent.sportsblognet.com/?p=713#comment-4326 Hi Tom, thanks for commenting. I spent an hour a couple months ago interviewing Ronnie King about Joe Marty, and I intend to talk to him again (in fact, I gave him a call last weekend to see if he knew <a href="http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2010/08/16/the-original-dusty-rhodes-story/" rel="nofollow">this player</a>.) King is a walking baseball encyclopedia. Hi Tom, thanks for commenting. I spent an hour a couple months ago interviewing Ronnie King about Joe Marty, and I intend to talk to him again (in fact, I gave him a call last weekend to see if he knew this player.) King is a walking baseball encyclopedia.

]]> By: Tom Corcoran http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2010/02/22/baseball-coma/#comment-4324 Tom Corcoran Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:14:53 +0000 http://baseballpastandpresent.sportsblognet.com/?p=713#comment-4324 If you want a good source of backgrond info on Joe Marty, you should speak to Ronnie King, the ex-major league scout, who still resides in Sacto. If you want a good source of backgrond info on Joe Marty, you should speak to Ronnie King, the ex-major league scout, who still resides in Sacto.

]]> By: Rick Cabral http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2010/02/22/baseball-coma/#comment-1601 Rick Cabral Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:42:40 +0000 http://baseballpastandpresent.sportsblognet.com/?p=713#comment-1601 Yes, I'm a Sac chapter member of SABR. Sorry, but I don't recall the sesssion where you spoke ... Keep up the good work! RC Yes, I’m a Sac chapter member of SABR.
Sorry, but I don’t recall the sesssion where you spoke … Keep up the good work!

RC

]]> By: Graham Womack http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2010/02/22/baseball-coma/#comment-1552 Graham Womack Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:13:40 +0000 http://baseballpastandpresent.sportsblognet.com/?p=713#comment-1552 Hi Rick, Thanks for reading and cool Web site. I'm probably in the camp of people who don't believe Ruth called his shot (it seems kind of like the baseball equivalent of believing in Santa.) That being said, I agree with Koenig in that I think Ruth was capable of it. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you are a member of the Sacramento chapter of the Society of American Baseball Research. I did a presentation at a meeting there on former Solons pitcher Bud Beasley on July 31, 2004 (I remember the date because it was my birthday.) Were you at that meeting? Anyhow, thanks again, and I'll talk to you later. Graham Hi Rick,
Thanks for reading and cool Web site. I’m probably in the camp of people who don’t believe Ruth called his shot (it seems kind of like the baseball equivalent of believing in Santa.) That being said, I agree with Koenig in that I think Ruth was capable of it.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that you are a member of the Sacramento chapter of the Society of American Baseball Research. I did a presentation at a meeting there on former Solons pitcher Bud Beasley on July 31, 2004 (I remember the date because it was my birthday.) Were you at that meeting?
Anyhow, thanks again, and I’ll talk to you later.
Graham

]]> By: Rick Cabral http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2010/02/22/baseball-coma/#comment-1529 Rick Cabral Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:36:58 +0000 http://baseballpastandpresent.sportsblognet.com/?p=713#comment-1529 Graham Know what you mean about securing an interview with an "older" ballplayer. I once lined up an interview with Mark Koenig, former shortstop and the “last living member” of the 1927 Yankees when I interviewed him. He had a fairly good memory for a man in his late eighties. As you may know, in a round-about-way, Koenig was the source for the 1932 Cubs ribbing of Ruth in the World Series, which prompted the Babe’s "called shot." If you'd like to read the complete story, check it out on my site: http://www.baseballsacramento.com/History-1932.html Rick Graham
Know what you mean about securing an interview with an “older” ballplayer. I once lined up an interview with Mark Koenig, former shortstop and the “last living member” of the 1927 Yankees when I interviewed him. He had a fairly good memory for a man in his late eighties.

As you may know, in a round-about-way, Koenig was the source for the 1932 Cubs ribbing of Ruth in the World Series, which prompted the Babe’s “called shot.”

If you’d like to read the complete story, check it out on my site:
http://www.baseballsacramento.com/History-1932.html

Rick

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