Is Dahlen a lock ????? VS others at position why not ??

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by tedzan

It was the 1952 Dodgers vs Yankees W.S. where Gil went 0 for 21. It was one of my favorite W.S. since my guy, Johnny Mize beat the Dodgers "single-handedly" in a 7-game Series.

Nevertheless, I remember feeling real sad for Gil's slump.

I always liked Gil and this started in 1950 when I opened up a Bowman Gum waxpack and saw his smiling face pictured on his card.

Furthermore, when Gil hit 4 - HR's in one game that year (Aug 31st), he certainly was my hero.


Hey guys....keep these positive Gil Hodges stories rolling.


TED Z
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Ted and John (Yoda) and Doug (dougcats) the others who shared 1st hand Hodges stories....THANK YOU! I find it amazing that each of you remembers very clear details of these games that were oh so long ago. These memories could very well be unique as each of us sees and remembers the same event a little differently but the spirit and the love of the game clearly shine through in each of your memories. I swear, I'm going to invent a time machine someday.....1st Stop: Ebbets Field, 2nd stop Coogan's Bluff! 3rd stop: Shibe park!!!!! Oh man that would be cool!

Funny how some (and we all know who) will try to lower the standards of a guy who played 1B as opposed to SS or another position. Gil Hodges was born and built to play 1B just as Wagner was born with the left side of the infield in his genes. To try and say a guy should be elected because he played SS is like comparing apples to oranges. I for one am quite sick of hearing about Dahlen's interpositional quadratic equational aptitude and superior athletic exploits. He is not a Hall of Famer and was certainly no lock.

Peace, Mike

[Topps206]

Hodges is no slam dunk and position adjustment does matter. Dahlen did what was expected of him as a shortstop and more. Hodges had nice but not HOF worthy career.

[vthobby]

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[dclarkraiders]

Originally Posted by vtgmsc

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Mike,

Thanks for sharing that photo. What a great picture of Gil. I tried locating it on Ebay to no avail. Any ideas where I could purchase one? Any assistance would be appreciated. On the subject of Gil being in the HOF, I too believe he belongs there(Gil is my favorite player ever making my position regarding this issue somewhat biased). I never got to see Gil play since I was not born until 1962 but how I wish I had a time machine and could go back to the 50's era and live the lows and highs of being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan.

My father was a huge Gil Hodges fan and passed his love of Gil as a player and more importantly as a great person onto me.

Thanks for any help regarding the photo.

Duane Clark

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by dclarkraiders

Mike,

Thanks for sharing that photo. What a great picture of Gil. I tried locating it on Ebay to no avail. Any ideas where I could purchase one? Any assistance would be appreciated. On the subject of Gil being in the HOF, I too believe he belongs there(Gil is my favorite player ever making my position regarding this issue somewhat biased). I never got to see Gil play since I was not born until 1962 but how I wish I had a time machine and could go back to the 50's era and live the lows and highs of being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan.

My father was a huge Gil Hodges fan and passed his love of Gil as a player and more importantly as a great person onto me.

Thanks for any help regarding the photo.

Duane Clark

I sent you a PM on the photo. Go to Amazon and buy a book called "Praying for Gil Hodges". I think you will LOVE it. I recommend that book to ANY baseball fan. It bleeds 1950s baseball and is non-fiction. LOVED it.....and I'm a Red Sox fan!

Peace, Mike

[Thromdog]

Well darn......


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[Topps206]

Do you own all of those? I'm jealous, if so. I'd love to own a Brooklyn to complement my Boston but now's not the time to hammer out the big bucks.