OT.... Grave Site of Lefty Grove (and Other Major League Ball Players)

[leftygrove10]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Hiya Brad-
So those are your boys, eh. Good looking young fellows.
After the recent Baltimore National I visited Gettysburg and was treated to a terrific battlefield tour by Jay Wolt. The next day I shot up to Lewisburg specifically to visit Christy Mathewson's grave. I even considered heading to NE Penna to see Joe Wood's resting place as well but had an early flight the next day and couldn't bring it off.
Thanks for breakfast in Baltimore, amigo. It was good to see you again.
David McD.

Those are neat pictures of Matty's grave. Thanks for sharing.

Yes... Those are my boys. Wesley is wearing the blue sweatshirt and Austin is wearing the green sweatshirt. Wesley is a very good pitcher himself!

After I took the pictures of the boys, my daughter Erin also wanted her picture taken. See below.

[sayhey24]

Brad,

Great thread and a great looking family!

Do you have any closeups of the Lefty plaque?

Greg

[leftygrove10]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

Brad,

Great thread and a great looking family!

Do you have any closeups of the Lefty plaque?

Greg

Thanks! And Yes, I have close-ups of the plaque. I took these pictures a few years ago....

[Zach Wheat]

Not my pics, but off of www.findagrave as previously mentioned (of which I am a contributor) of Zach Wheat in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO. Grandfathers going back 4 generations were brothers; his half of the family went to southern IL and my half went to northern IL.

Z Wheat

[brickyardkennedy]

Some may find this interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ4GB9OeS28

[John V]

I'm headed to NE Georgia on business today. I have Royston programmed on my GPS.

[whitehse]

As odd as going to gravesites of people that one has never met seems to me, there is something strangely interesting about it.

I think it would be kinda cool to have members of these boards check out various burial sites and show pictures of famous or infamous people who are buried near their homes. I know, near me I have various members of the Bailey's of the Barnum and Bailey circus burried in a little, out of the way cemetary.

I also live not too far from Watertown, Wisconsin which is the birthplace of Fred Merkle. While he is not buried there, the town has erected a small monument to him. There is also a town where my inlaws are from in Northern Illinois where former Cubs pitcher, Carl Lundgren is buried. I would be willing to go out and take some pictures of these and other sites.

As I said this is a bit weird yet interesting to me and I know my wife will look at me like I am crazy when I tell her what I am going to do but hey, it is something to do on a Saturday......right? LOL

[iwantitiwinit]

Funny and true story for you. I went to school at Bucknell in Lewisburg. The cemetery where Christy is buried is located on route 15 (i think its 15) between the school and where all the seniors lived. One Saturday night in 1983 a "friend" of mine knocks on the door at 3 am (way too much to drink). She tried cutting across one of the dirt roads that led through the cemetary to route 15 in her car and drove into a partially dug grave. We get 4-5 friends and tried to lift/push the car out. 30 minutes later we're sitting in the Lewisburg police station with a lot of "splaining" to do.

[Jay Wolt]

After the recent Baltimore National I visited Gettysburg and was treated to a terrific battlefield tour by Jay Wolt. The next day I shot up to Lewisburg specifically to visit Christy Mathewson's grave. I even considered heading to NE Penna to see Joe Wood's resting place as well but had an early flight the next day and couldn't bring it off.

As I reminded David before & since, on our trip into Gettysburg we ate at Eddie Plank's restaurant. (Not his joint specifically as he died in 1926)
He was buried across the street in Evergreen Cemetery past the soldiers grave sites. A mere 100 yards or so from where we ate.

[abroome]

Got to briefly visit Kensico Cemetery during a trip to the East Coast National in White Plains.
I have been to other cemeteries to visit graves but I have never seen one with a tourist map and recorded tour. Kensico has color maps printed and famous graves are tagged with a metal sign. They even have a pre-recorded cellphone guide!
I was able to visit Gehrig's grave and the grave of New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno. I understand Ruth is buried not far away from Kensico. Maybe next time.
There were baseballs and gloves left on Gehrig's grave but the most disturbing thing left behind was a Starting Lineup figure of Gehrig! Those damn plastic things haunt everyone!

Andy

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