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Post by willy on May 17, 2015 18:26:29 GMT -6
Stan & Biggies used to be on Oakland Ave in St. Louis. Down the street was the checker dome where the hockey team played. Not far from that was Forest Park Zoo.
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Post by dumdave on May 18, 2015 9:25:44 GMT -6
Stan The Man! What a nice guy and ambassador to the City of St Louis.
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Post by dumdave on May 21, 2015 9:11:35 GMT -6
Cyrus McCormack?
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Post by dumdave on May 21, 2015 11:39:40 GMT -6
Sears or Roebuck? I refuse to look it up.
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Post by mt95 on May 21, 2015 14:32:41 GMT -6
Based on that clue...Walgreen? Had no other guess prior to the clue you gave.
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Post by dumdave on May 22, 2015 9:53:41 GMT -6
Kresskey? (aka K-Mart)
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Post by dumdave on May 23, 2015 9:25:28 GMT -6
John Deere?
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Post by dumdave on May 23, 2015 11:27:40 GMT -6
I have a classmate that has worked for John Deere in the Quad cities. Great guy.
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Post by dumdave on May 24, 2015 9:52:28 GMT -6
Last Tuesday, this MLB player turned 90 yrs old. Casey said he never played a game without "My Boy". 14 time All Star, HOF 1972, 21 WS, managed two teams to the WS. WWII vet & fought on D-Day. Only player to win 3 AL MVP championships. Gov. Christie and Coumo both sent proclomations. This is more of a tribute than a question. My favorite player.....My Guy!
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Post by dumdave on May 24, 2015 11:22:14 GMT -6
All of his WS rings and plaques were stolen from his museum last year. Thanks to his many friends, they have all been replaced. He is confined to a wheelchair and didn't say anything at the birthday party at his museum.
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Post by dumdave on May 26, 2015 9:36:23 GMT -6
He led the American league in ERA in 1916.
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Post by dumdave on May 27, 2015 10:04:38 GMT -6
Yup. George Herman Ruth
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Post by dumdave on May 28, 2015 9:25:16 GMT -6
I'll go w/ TRUE. May have been some portage involved.
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Post by dumdave on May 29, 2015 9:16:03 GMT -6
Talk to me about the book on local railroads. You know I like local history and thus, railroads.
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Post by dumdave on May 29, 2015 9:28:50 GMT -6
(February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955) was an American baseball shortstop who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He won eight batting titles, tied for the most in National League history with Tony Gwynn. He also led the league in slugging six times, and in stolen bases five times. In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted him as one of the first five members. He received the second-highest vote total, behind Ty Cobb and tied with Babe Ruth. Although Cobb is frequently cited as the greatest player of the dead-ball era, some contemporaries regarded him as the better all-around player, and most baseball historians consider him to be the greatest shortstop ever. Cobb himself called him "maybe the greatest star ever to take the diamond."
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