Now the game is all different. All power and lively balls and short fences and home runs. But not in the old days. I led the National League in home runs in 1901, and do you know how many I hit? Sixteen. That was a helluva lot for those days.
~Sam Crawford
Maybe slightly off topic, but it’s hard to believe it took 35 years for him to make the HOF, and I believe Ty Cobb had to lobby for him even then. All-time leader in triples with an ungodly 309! Totally underrated by the HOF voters, and undervalued by the analytics people.
I didn’t know about Ty Cobb lobbying for him. You know you’re impressive when Cobb’s got your back!
Unrelated to this post, but I wanted to let you know … because you, like me, appreciate baseball tunes … The Athletic has a wonderful new story out: From Bob Dylan to The Strokes: The 30 greatest baseball songs of all time. You can find it here:
https://theathletic.com/1755923/2020/04/20/from-bob-dylan-to-the-strokes-the-30-greatest-baseball-songs-of-all-time/
Thank you! I’m gonna have to sign up for the 90 days free to check out the whole thing, but from what I can see, it already looks promising. And yes, bring on the baseball tunes!