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Originally Posted by tesitzes24
I just started reading the book Crazy '08 by Cait Murphy, and it is a pretty good read so far.
So, who is your favorite pre-1930 player and why? What have you read/heard about them that made them stick out to you?
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I absolutely loved that book ....and I hate reading, as a rule.
I love Mathewson - everything about him. My first T206 was a Matty White cap; my best condition T206 is my SGC 80 Matty portrait; I named my second son Mathewson and we all call him Matty; and there's always this song lyric.....
There's only one Christy that I know at all
One Christy that I ever saw
He's the one who discovered the fadeaway ball
And he pitches for Muggsy McGraw
Baseball... Baseball
Ain't it a wonderful game?
Old Christy Colum'
Found this country, by gum
But the extras don't carry his name.
If old man Columbus
Had sat in the stand
Had seen Matty pitching that
"Fader" so grand
He'd have said,
"Boys, I'm glad I discovered this land."
Gee! it's a wonderful game.
