Day 19
Well, my airplane is broken, so I have a few seconds to post a few more cards, starting with Mike Fornieles, and a theme of “that would never happen today.” In 1960, he won the first Fireman of the Year award, for the AL, with a whopping 14 saves. Since I’m stuck at JFK, it seems appropriate that I post the Original Met, Hobie Landrith. He was plucked from San Fran, who also supplied the #1 pick to Houston, with Eddie Bressoud. The Mets then offered him a contract worth $4K less than he was making with the Giants, which he was forced to accept. Speaking of money, Johnny Antonelli was a $50K bonus baby, so had to remain on the big league roster for the Braves in 1948. He only appeared in four games that year, but the Braves won the pennant. Because his salary was so much higher than everybody else’s, the players did not vote him a share of the World Series pot...wow, that makes you feel wanted! So the players could complain about cheap owners, but they weren’t much better, themselves...
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