Comments on: The mystery of the bible autographed by the 1953 Pirates

By: badintent

badintent — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:26:16 +0000

Bet he went long on her. He had a great power stroke.Loved Kiner when he did Radio for Mets. Never talked about his HR records. The only way I even knew about them was when his co-workers would mention them and he would be genuinely embarrassed when they brought it up.
Good thing he wasn’t in the room when Monroe got shot dead by the “Divison ” cover up squad.
Joe Kennedy played hardball, didn’t like his sons to be embarrassed.

By: stew48

stew48 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:51:14 +0000

Hadn’t Greenberg Gardens been built by 1953? That Kiner home may have just gone into “the garden”, but not matter. Face had a year with, I think, 18 consecutive victories, as a reliever. Won’t bet a nickel it was 1953, but he sure had an unbelievable year.

By: jeffbbf

jeffbbf — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:57:08 +0000

no doubt…what was Ralph thinking?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:17:43 +0000

Ralph Kiner dated Marilyn Monroe. It boggles the mind.

By: roanboon

roanboon — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:42:11 +0000

Four wonderful comments. They remind me of one of the reasons I love baseball– the spirit of its stories and memories bridges our adulthood and our youth.

By: gershonpsu

gershonpsu — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 04:26:32 +0000

I remember those 1953 Pirates well. I was a ten-year-old in walking distance of Forbes Field and for $1 I could see a game on Saturday and often a double-header on Sunday. No, they weren’t very good but they were the home team in the white uniforms and every once in awhile Ralph Kiner would hit a homerun over the scoreboard in left field and we had something to cheer about. Seven years later we beat the Yankees in the 1960 World Series.

By: florida76

florida76 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:49:52 +0000

The ’53 Pirates were poor, but did have at least three noteworthy players. Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner, trailblazing relief pitcher Elroy Face, and pitcher Bob Friend. Well before free agency, the Bucs went from the depths of 1953 to World Champions seven years later.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:34:30 +0000

“As for Godfrey, Andy secured him a passage to California, where he led a disreputable life. There is a rumor that he was killed in a drunken brawl at Sacramento not long since, but I have not been able to learn whether this is true or not. His loss of fortune had something to do with his going to the bad, but I am afraid, with his character and tendencies, that neither in prosperity nor in adversity would he have built up a good character, or led an honorable career.” — Horatio Alger, Jr. “Only an Irish Boy”

By: mybrunoblog

mybrunoblog — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:12:48 +0000

On its face it seems odd but perhaps Rickey was having it signed but members of his club to show their faith or maybe even something like an intended gift for a member of the clergy. The more I think about it yeah it is odd, but how the donor who gave it to the Sacremento Library ended up with it might be even more odd than the very existence of the book itself.