[Husker] BASEBALL Trivia Question

[Lee]

Yep I am the ripe age of 65. My first year in Legion Ball was 1954 or 55, we 
were State Champs for 4 years: I think Roger would be 69 if he were still 
alive. You could be right about him playing for KC as it was so long ago I 
don't remember where he went. I guess I will have to check out the Hall Of 
Fame on him as it is unbelievable he is not there. There always was an 
asterisk after his name because he played a longer season then Babe Ruth 
did.

I believe Roger was born in Fargo, ND and went to High School there. If I 
remember correctly he played for the Catholic HS there.

Dick Karre responded that Vance was born in Orient, IA but he is listed in 
the Hall of Fame as being from Nebraska: you tell me why.

I hope Darin excels as it would great to say that one of my Alumni made it.

Lee Wilmart

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Windsor" <larrywindsor at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Lee" <lwilmart at tvsonline.net>; "Lynette Tillner" <ltillner at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] BASEBALL Trivia Question


Who is Art Vance? He isn't in the Hall of Fame whether born in Nebraska or
not. The other five are correct. You must be a real old guy if you played
with Roger Maris. I saw him play when he was a member of the Kansas City
Athletics at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. That was in 1958 or 1959 and
I was 10 or 11 years old. Unbelieveably, Maris is not in the Hall of Fame.
Was he born in North Dakota? If so he would be the only Hall of Famer to be
born in North Dakota. As much as I like Erstad, I don't believe he has Hall
of Fame stats.

Larry Windsor


On 9/27/05 8:26 PM, "Lee" <lwilmart at tvsonline.net> wrote:

> Actually there are 6 however one may not have been born in Nebraska.
> Wade Boggs
> Richie Ashburn
> Bob Gibson
> Sam Crawford
> Art Vance
> Grover Cleveland Alexander
>
> In the future there will be one (out of North Dakota) that played for the
> same Junior Legion Team I played for in Jamestown, North Dakota: Darin
> Erstead. I actually played against Roger Maris in his last year and my 
> first
> year of Legion ball.
>
> Lee Wilmart
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynette Tillner" <ltillner at yahoo.com>
> To: "Husker" <husker at tssi.com>; "Larry Windsor" 
> <larrywindsor at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:41 PM
> Subject: [Husker] BASEBALL Trivia Question
>
>
> I had the wonderful opportunity of visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame
> today in Cooperstown, New York.
>
> While there, I looked up Hall of Fame members who were born in
> Nebraska.  I recognized only two names, and I didn't write down the
> list!
>
> There are a total of 5 Baseball Hall of Famers (through 2005
> inductees) that were born in Nebraska.
>
> Can you name them?  (Warning, I really didn't write the list down and
> don't remember all five myself!)
>
> Lynette
>
> Lynette Tillner
> ltillner at yahoo.com
>
>
>
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