[Husker] BASEBALL Trivia Question

[Lynette Tillner]

Wade Boggs is one of the 2005 inductees along with Ryne Sandborg.  

--- Lee <lwilmart at tvsonline.net> wrote:

> In Nebraska Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Actually Wade
> Boggs is not 
> mentioned there.
> 
> Lee wilmart
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Karre" <dkarre at comcast.net>
> To: "Lee" <lwilmart at tvsonline.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] BASEBALL Trivia Question
> 
> 
> Well, now you've piqued my curiosity. Where does it say at the HOF
> that he's
> from Nebraska? Everything I've found on their website says Iowa.
> 
> Dick Karre
> dkarre at comcast.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lee" <lwilmart at tvsonline.net>
> To: <husker at tssi.com>; "Lynette Tillner" <ltillner at yahoo.com>;
> "Larry
> Windsor" <larrywindsor at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] BASEBALL Trivia Question
> 
> 
> > 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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