OT -- why does Spahn get no love?

[deadballfreaK]

I heard Mike Shannon tell a story about Mathews not long ago. Apparently Mathews was the toughest guy ever. Bar fighter. Liked to drink and kick ass. Supposedly other tough guys came to his home bar to challenge him. He'd whip most of them and then they would come back in and tip a few more together. Anyway the Braves were on a losing streak and after a particularly galling loss the manager (Bragan?) went ballistic. He went the length of the clubhouse and confronted each player with comments like "You stink!" and worse. He came to Mathews locker and stuttered, "Well you're OK." On to the next guy. "You suck!!"

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by deadballfreaK

I heard Mike Shannon tell a story about Mathews not long ago. Apparently Mathews was the toughest guy ever. Bar fighter. Liked to drink and kick ass. Supposedly other tough guys came to his home bar to challenge him. He'd whip most of them and then they would come back in and tip a few more together. Anyway the Braves were on a losing streak and after a particularly galling loss the manager (Bragan?) went ballistic. He went the length of the clubhouse and confronted each player with comments like "You stink!" and worse. He came to Mathews locker and stuttered, "Well you're OK." On to the next guy. "You suck!!"

Mathews was well known to have beaten the living daylights out of both Frank Robinson and Don Drysdale on the field!

Larry

[Scocs]

It's the hair. What other bald baseball player was worshipped prior to the late twentieth century or even into the twenty first?

And Joe Gariagiola doesn't count!