I played at dicks camp in 1962 -1963-.I was to play for the fon du lac red sox in wisconsin 1964.Ended up playing semi-pro ball in ohio.Does anyone have any info on the fon du lac red sox in the fox river valley league?Thank you.
Ozzie Smith was one of the most agile and amazing shortstops I've ever seen. One time I saw him dive for a hard hit grounder. The ball hit a spot in the turn and bounced the opposite way he was diving, and Ozzie was able to do a 180 in the air and catch the ball, and then throw to first base for the putout.
Also, sometimes before a game he would go running and do a flip.
"Little Joe" was part of the "Big Red Machine" that dominated in the mid-seventies, and played more games at second base than anyone except Eddie Collins. He won back to back MVP Awards in 1975 and 1976, the only second baseman to ever do that.
Branch Rickey is best remembered for bringing Jackie Robinson to "organized" baseball. With the support of baseball commssioner Happy Chandler and the integrity and willpower of Jackie Robinson, baseball had its first African American athlete in 1947. Other players that Branch Rickey signed from the Negro Leagues include Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe. These new talents helped the Dodgers dominate the National League in the 1950's.
Wynn was known to be one of the meanest "head hunters" in the game. He would not hesitate to move batters off the plate. He would even throw at a runner on first base, disguising the beanball as a pickoff throw. He was even known to have said he would throw at his grandmother if she dug into the plate against him.
Because Sam Rice was a mere 13 hits shy of the 3000 mark, his inclusion in the Hall of Fame was delayed, but he was finally admitted in 1963, 29 years after he retired.
Though he lived to be 85 years old, Clark Griffith was the given the nickname "The Old Fox" in his twenties. He pitched for Cap Anderson's Chicago White Stockings at the time, and was known more for his guile than ability. He was among the first pitchers that would scuff up the ball or use foreigh substances to doctor it, to make his pitches harder to hit.
Later, as the owner of the Washington Senators, he was ironically an advocate for the abolition of the spitball in 1920.
Harmon Clayton Killebrew was an ALl-State quarterback in Idaho and a semipro baseball star. When he was age 17, he was recommended to Clark Griffith of the Senators by Idaho senator Herman Walker, who wanted to see his young constituent in the majors. Killebrew blasted a 435 foot homer for scout Ossie Bluege, who found out that Harmon was batting .847 with half of his hits being homeruns. Bluege signed "Killer" Killebrew immediately.
