I Wish

[jingram058]

+1 on that!

[jingram058]

Here's Ty Cobb, Thomas Edison and Connie Mack at Terry Park in Fort Myers, 1928 I think.

[jingram058]

I love the old St. Louis Browns. It would be great if the Baltimore Orioles ever acknowledge that is who they were. My favorite Brown is Johnny Berardino, Dr. Steve Hardy on General Hospital.

[gonefishin]

James, here is my favorite Browns item that I own. It is an original George Burke postcard and hand written letter back to a young collector that wanted his autograph. Read the letter, it' pretty cool. He said this was the only photo item he had left, but graciously sent it to the kid. Pretty cool stuff.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by gonefishin

James, here is my favorite Browns item that I own. It is an original George Burke postcard and hand written letter back to a young collector that wanted his autograph. Read the letter, it' pretty cool. He said this was the only photo item he had left, but graciously sent it to the kid. Pretty cool stuff.

THAT is incredibly cool, sir. Debs Garms was one of my dad's favorite ballplayers. I can see why.

[Touch'EmAll]

I wish the Angels, my home team growing up, would have never traded Nolan Ryan.

[Eric72]

I wish:

• Mickey Mantle played on two good legs for an entire career
• Major League Baseball had integrated long before 1947
• Addie Joss, Lou Gehrig, Roberto Clemente, and many others had not died so young
• Harry Frazee had never sold Babe Ruth
• Baseball had never gone on strike in 1994
• The writers or Veteran's/Era/Whatchamacallit Committee voted in Bonds and Clemens
• The card companies never started cutting up vintage jerseys
• A .300 hitter with 40 stolen bases was considered at least as valuable as a .220 hitter with 40 homers
• Modern fans realized that wins mattered as a pitching stat back when hurlers didn't bail after XX pitches
• Modern fans realized pitchers matter
  
  I could go on and on and on; however, decided to stop after the first ten things crossed my mind. It's time to go look through one of my binder sets.

[Bobbycee]

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll

I wish the Angels, my home team growing up, would have never traded Nolan Ryan.

Ha!!! Imagine being a Mets fan. They would have won another World Series at least if Nolan wasn't dealt for a washed up 3B.