Baseball lost one of the all time great pitchers last night in the passing of Bob Feller. He pitched exclusively for the Cleveland Indians starting in 1936 and winning 266 games. Growing up in Toledo Ohio I can well remember my grandfather taking me to games in Cleveland and Detroit to watch Bob pitch. A true class act both on and off the field. RIP Bob.
Bob Feller
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Amen. RIP
Maybe the best long carear pitcher of all time. RIP Bob
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/ar...azing_fastball/
Amazing biography. I didn't know he was still alive.
Amazing biography. I didn't know he was still alive.
Went off to fight in the war, otherwise 300 wins would have been a cinch.
One great American.
One great American.
Godspeed on that fastball.
article written by Tim Wendel
I'll miss our conversations because Feller always spoke his mind. Sometimes he didn't think much of today's ballplayers, calling them spoiled. I wondered how many of them would do what Feller had done: Enlist in major conflict, in his case World War II, and sacrifice four seasons in the prime of his career. Still, the hard-throwing, right-hander wasn't so set in his ways that he couldn't appreciate today's game and some of its stars.
Feller was so old school he often didn't ice his arm after starts. "Ice is for drinks," he often said.
So when I told him that Tim Lincecum, the fireballer for the San Francisco Giants, also rarely iced his arm, Feller immediately took interest. No matter that Lincecum has long hair, rarely comes to the ballpark in a suit and tie, let alone dressing to the nines for a film session against a motorcycle.
"Is that right?" Feller said. "I'll have to keep an eye on that kid."
Like a lot of people from that era Bob Feller was a stud
I'll miss our conversations because Feller always spoke his mind. Sometimes he didn't think much of today's ballplayers, calling them spoiled. I wondered how many of them would do what Feller had done: Enlist in major conflict, in his case World War II, and sacrifice four seasons in the prime of his career. Still, the hard-throwing, right-hander wasn't so set in his ways that he couldn't appreciate today's game and some of its stars.
Feller was so old school he often didn't ice his arm after starts. "Ice is for drinks," he often said.
So when I told him that Tim Lincecum, the fireballer for the San Francisco Giants, also rarely iced his arm, Feller immediately took interest. No matter that Lincecum has long hair, rarely comes to the ballpark in a suit and tie, let alone dressing to the nines for a film session against a motorcycle.
"Is that right?" Feller said. "I'll have to keep an eye on that kid."
Like a lot of people from that era Bob Feller was a stud
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