Lew Burdette R.I.P.

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Posted By: <b>Jerry</b><p>I thought I would post that Lew Burdette Passed away last Tuesday incase you missed it. I have fond memories of Lew as the 1957 WS was the first series I can remember watching on TV as the Braves defeated the Dreaded Yankees in 7 games. Lew was WS MVP pitching 3 complete game wins with 2 shutouts and 0.67 Era.

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Posted By: <b>Chris Counts</b><p>The guy Burdette was traded for, Johnny Sain, just passed away as well. The trade turned out great for both players. Sain got a couple World Series rings, and Burdette eventually became a Yankee killer in the '57 series. when I think of Burdette, I think of him throwing left-handed on his '59 Topps card ...

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>The first autographs I ever got were at Sportsmans Park in St. Louis in 1965, I was 10 years old. Lew and 2 other Phillies signed my scorecard. At that point in life I was unaware of Mr. Burdette's accomplishments. I do recall the stubble of beard that he had, and his tired eyes.<br /><br />He signed an index card for me when I wrote him about 5 years ago. He seemed a nice fellow, willing to sign or talk about the old days. A good fellow.<br /><br />It is a shame that modern Braves fans know not of his slaying of the Yankees.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Yesterday's paper included the obituaries of both Lew Burdette and Steve Barber, two very accomplished pitchers. I distinctly remember Barber's wacky no-hitter in 1967 when he lost 2-1 after walking 10 men! They had to yank him in the 9th inning, he was so wild.

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Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>was a very gracious signer in the early to mid 1990s when I was blanketing the Smalling book with requests.......<br />

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Posted By: <b>Judge Dred (Fred)</b><p>18 Yr <br />WL% .585 <br />203 - 144 <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>RIP Lew....<br /><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Vintage%20Baseball%20Memorabilia/oct16001Small.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>lew was the winning pitcher in perhaps the greatest game ever pitched. <a href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05261959.shtml" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05261959.shtml</a>

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Posted By: <b>DMcD</b><p>Sports Illustrated had an article soon after the game entitled "The 115 Pitches of Harvey Haddix." There was a picture of Haddix and he looked like the saddest man I'd ever seen.<br />Burdette was pitching the day my Mom showed up at my third grade class with tickets for game 2 of the '57 series. One minute I'm doing schoolwork, the next I'm in the left field grandstand at Yankee Stadium. One of the best days in my life. Burdette had a great WS.<br />

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Posted By: <b>Andy Cook</b><p>Growing up, my favorite baseball book was <u>Lew Burdette of the Braves</u>, which followed him from playing in the industrial league, to the minors with the Yankees and on to the Braves. Great book. RIP. Andy

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Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>For me also, the '57 series was the first I remember watching on TV. Remember Burdette's heroics quite vividly. Two other memories that stand out are the cartoon, by Willard Mullins I'm pretty sure, of Braves dancing around a coffin in which a Yankee is lying and captioned "The Bier That Made Milwaukee Famous" and the Nippy Jones "shoe polish play". RIP Lew.

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Posted By: <b>whycough</b><p>I was 12 and the Braves/Yanks series was the first one I was fully into. As a young Red Sox fan I was thrilled with the Braves victory. I remember Lew would fidget away on the mound and the Yanks would be worried about the spitter he was supposed to be throwing. Can anyone shed light: was he throwing a wet one or not? Three wins with a 0.67 ERA for the Series; he was doing something!