Remembering The Legends (or legends for the wrong reasons)

[frankbmd]

"I nearly left my heart at the edgewater, but not in San Francisco
I both got the lead out and got to lead off thereafter and remain
winless in the Fall."

Extra credit for the one word clue that could replace the paragraph above.

[Bliggity]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

"I nearly left my heart at the edgewater, but not in San Francisco
I both got the lead out and got to lead off thereafter and remain
undefeated in the Fall."

Extra credit for the one word clue that could replace the paragraph above.

A couple different ways to read this one, but I'm gonna go with the morbid approach and guess Ed Delahanty / Niagara?

Edgewater between US and Canada...where he literally left his heart.
Got the "lead out" by taking out a razor on the train, then "lead off" the bridge after getting kicked off the train.
Then went over the "Fall" (Niagara Falls), although I'd say the falls defeated him on that one.

ETA - Ok well Charlie probably got that one, but his was morbid also!

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Bliggity

A couple different ways to read this one, but I'm gonna go with the morbid approach and guess Ed Delahanty / Niagara?

Edgewater between US and Canada...where he literally left his heart.
Got the "lead" (rhymes with dead) out by taking out a razor on the train, then "lead off" the bridge after getting kicked off the train.
Then went over the "Fall" (Niagara Falls), although I'd say the falls defeated him on that one.

ETA - Ok well Charlie probably got that one, but his was morbid also!

Respectfully you are dead wrong.

[BengoughingForAwhile]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

"I nearly left my heart at the edgewater, but not in San Francisco
I both got the lead out and got to lead off thereafter and remain
undefeated in the Fall."

Extra credit for the one word clue that could replace the paragraph above.

Eddie Waitkus.

Natural?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

Eddie Waitkus.

Natural?

Waitkus right, but natural wrong.

[BengoughingForAwhile]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Waitkus right, but natural wrong.

Redford?
Wonderboy?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

Redford?
Wonderboy?

Wrong

Wrong

As one of the Phillies in 1950 he was one of the Whiz Kids who were swept the Yankees in the World Series in 1950 so he never won a game in the fall.

Since he was the only Phillie that was shot, an appropriate unique clue for this thread would have been

WHIZBANG.

The next clue belongs to Mr. Allen.

Tim still has an unsolved poem as well.

[timn1]

That is clever, Frank.

I hate to tell you, though: you seem to be living in an alternate (and preferable) universe in which the Whiz Kids swept the Yankees in 1950, when in ours, they were swept BY the Yankees. Wishful thinking, I guess...

Tim

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by timn1

That is clever, Frank.

I hate to tell you, though: you seem to be living in an alternate (and preferable) universe in which the Whiz Kids swept the Yankees in 1950, when in ours, they were swept BY the Yankees. Wishful thinking, I guess...

Tim

Fake news or senior moment???

Take your pick.

I've sheepishly edited what I can.

[BengoughingForAwhile]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Wrong

Wrong

As one of the Phillies in 1950 he was one of the Whiz Kids who swept the Yankees in the World Series in 1950 so he never won a game in the fall.

Since he was the only Phillie that was shot, an appropriate unique clue for this thread would have been

WHIZBANG.

The next clue belongs to Mr. Allen.

Tim still has an unsolved poem as well.

I'm sorry Frank but since you broke the rules in your own thread (As Jay so eloquently pointed out in Post #10) I technically can't go next. Someone needs to answer Tim's clues correctly and then that person gets to go next. If nobody can correctly answer Tim's riddle (after say a few weeks or so ) I will then step back in and furnish the next question. Until then, good luck to everyone trying to figure out the tough one from Tim!