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04-15-2009, 01:30 PM
Posted By: <b>Jon Canfield</b><p>I found this quote today and thought it was interesting...<br><br>"Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard."<br><br>- Tris Speaker, baseball hall of famer, talking about Babe Ruth, 1919.<br><br>======================================<br>For the premier online souce of information on baseball-related cigarette packs, visit <a href="http://www.baseballandtobacco.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseballandtobacco.com</a>
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04-15-2009, 01:42 PM
Posted By: <b>Rob</b><p>That is very interesting, but I imagine a lot of people felt that way at the time.
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04-15-2009, 02:03 PM
Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>I bet Speaker also wouldn't have liked the new board.
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04-16-2009, 07:58 PM
Posted By: <b>chiprop</b><p>It was dumb!
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04-16-2009, 10:31 PM
Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>thankfully, prescience has never been a criterion for selection to the hall of fame. speaker sure was lacking in that department!<br><br>interesting, Jon<br><br><br>best,<br><br>barry
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04-16-2009, 11:25 PM
Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>I'd say Speaker's opinion was reasonable. Exclude the name Babe Ruth, and such a switch sounds dumb today.
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04-16-2009, 11:44 PM
Posted By: <b>Mark L</b><p>"I would be the laughingstock of the league if I took the best left-handed pitcher in the league and put him in the outfield." Red Sox manager Ed Barrow on Babe Ruth