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Posted By: Rhys

Roy Castleton, Louis Sockalexis, and Lefty O'Doul

Roy Castleton threw a professional game perfect game in the minors in 1905, then went on to star in the PCL and had a cup of coffee in the majors, but not really because he was the first Mormon to play major league baseball. He has Obaks, Zeenuts, and other regional issues. I will buy anything that anyone has of Castleton's, including an autograph which I have never seen even though he only died in the late 1960's.

I also have a thing for Louis Sockalexis since I grew up in Old Town Maine, which is where he was from, and used to play Ice Hockey in Louis Sockalexis Arena in High School. We had a full day leson on Sockalexis in 8th grade history class in Maine! Not much of his memorabilia out there though. Even his decendants on Indian Island in Maine have NOTHING on him.

I also enjoy Lefty O'Doul as well, partly for his playing which is grossly underrated, and partly for his contribution to making baseball an obsession in Asia. Without O'Doul we probably would not be seeing Ichiro and Matsui in the majors right now.

There are others too, but those are the three that come to mind.

Rhys