Happy New Year, Hank

[Matt]

As tonight begins the Jewish Holiday of Rosh HaShana (New Year) I thought this story about Hank Greenberg was appropriate and interesting:
http://espn.go.com/classic/s/merron_on_green.html

Shana Tova!

[calvindog]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2986196275/" title="1936 R312 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2986196275_2723fcc553_o.jpg" width="750" height="1152" alt="1936 R312" /></a>

[Matt]

And another quote (not in that article):
"Only one fellow blew the shofar yesterday so you could hear it. He was Hank Greenberg. He blew the shofar twice, and the ears of the Boston Red Sox are still ringing. Blast no. 1 from his shofar was a homer...Blast no. 2 from Hank's shofar was a home run... will you please take me home shofar?"
Stuart Bell Cleveland Press

For anyone interested, there is a wonderful chapter in "Baseball History from Outside the Lines: A Reader" which discusses how Greenberg dealt with his dilemma and how the press decided to report the struggle. It's a fantastic discussion of America, Religion and the press.

[V117collector]

So what year is now and what's your new years resolution!!!:cool:

[barrysloate]

5770...boy, do I sure miss the good old days of the 5720's!

Happy New Year to all.:)

[Rob D.]

The happiest time of the year for at least one B/S/T seller.

E-mail me for scans.

[Matt]

The happiest time of the year for at least one B/S/T seller.

E-mail me for scans.

Rob - I would but I don't have your phone number.

[calvindog]

Should I post some more cards?

Moses Yellowhorse, perhaps?

[Jim VB]

Rob - I would but I don't have your phone number.

You could start a thread on the board. I hear almost everyone has Rob's number.

[V117collector]

So thats how they do it!:rolleyes:

It's Not About a Salary, it's All About Reality! Truly a shame!

[Matt]

..

[triwak]

Here's my beater:

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

5770...boy, do I sure miss the good old days of the 5720's!

"Happy Days" exemplified life in the 5720's. Gotta love those tail fins.

[4815162342]

Here lately I don't understand between 30% and 40% of the posts made on this board.

[Matt]

Here lately I don't understand between 30% and 40% of the posts made on this board.

70% of those are inside net54 jokes where some may not make sense unless you've been here a while and the other 40% are a few people posting nonsense (see, that in and of itself was one of those jokes). From your perspective, the hard part is figuring out which is which.

[calvindog]

Matt, If you had the proper hacker program you could discern the meaning behind the posts pretty quickly. I know it works wonders for me.

[Chris Counts]

That's a very nice R312 of Hank, especially for a "4" ...

[Kawika]

Jeff, FYI Moses Yellowhorse wasn't Jewish, he was Hawaiian. We're very proud of Bruddah Moses in the Islands.

Shana tovah, haverim!

[HRBAKER]

Matt,
That's one of my favorite all time "cards." Exceptional.
Jeff

[Anthony S.]

The Oklahoma part of Hawaii is beautiful in the Fall.

[Kawika]

Anthony: There is an Oklahoma part of Hawaii. It's called Schofield Barracks.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

The Oklahoma part of Hawaii is beautiful in the Fall.

You stole my unfunny joke! No fair! I was going to use that!

[calvindog]

Jeff, FYI Moses Yellowhorse wasn't Jewish, he was Hawaiian. We're very proud of Bruddah Moses in the Islands.

Shana tovah, haverim!

Oh, that's where you're wrong, David. Moses's real name was Mort, which is a Jewish name. Not sure how you missed that one.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Mort's brother, Walker Yellow Horse, was quite a catcher.

[Matt]

Matt,
That's one of my favorite all time "cards." Exceptional.
Jeff

Thank you kindly. I'm quite fond of it as well.

[Anthony S.]

Anthony: There is an Oklahoma part of Hawaii. It's called Schofield Barracks.

And here I thought Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt was from Kentucky...

[Potomac Yank]

From the Puerto Rican/Cuban/New Yawka, with a Hebrew National taste:)

Yossel P.

[calvindog]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/3650046569/" title="1934 Batter-Up by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/3650046569_8c35e82a3a_o.jpg" width="450" height="760" alt="1934 Batter-Up" /></a>

Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2910452846_8596be6ce1_o.jpg" width="500" height="904" alt="1929 Kashin Publications R316" /></a>

[calvindog]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2922621438/" title="#123 Sandy Koufax by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2922621438_ea88379050_o.jpg" width="780" height="450" alt="#123 Sandy Koufax" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2921771653/" title="1961 Bell Brand Dodgers by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2921771653_bf8cf146a1_o.jpg" width="450" height="762" alt="1961 Bell Brand Dodgers" /></a>

[bijoem]

Happy Rosh HaShana


http://www.internetville.com/stuff/tc_balancingBall.jpeg

[calvindog]

Is Taddy's middle name Mort?

[Kawika]

You sure, Jeff? All this time I thought Koufax was Pawnee Indian.

All-time roster of Jewish MLers: http://www.jewishmajorleaguers.org/

[bijoem]

Is Taddy's middle name Mort?


yep. card of a very significant ball player.

[ChrisStufflestreet]

L'shanah tovah to all the Net54 members who observe it.

From the "token goy" at the Net54 dinner table with Rick Klein and Alan.

[calvindog]

yep. card of a very significant ball player.

Can you send me scans?