St. Louis Browns manager Von der Ahe certainly had a high opinion of himself, with that statue! Reminds me of someone in DC who likes to see his name in gold on everything! Lol! Paul, I enjoyed this post immensely! As an aside, I would like to refer back to your beanball series. I thought how far the technology in helmet material has advanced when I saw Yaz get beaned in the 9th inning yesterday and was fine to stay in the game and run the bases!
Thanks Meg! I myself recently thought about those beanball stories when I saw a player who opted not to use a face-guard just grazed on the cheek by an errant throw. I believe he ended up being okay but the fact that we still have players opting out of a face-guard just shows how people are the same in every era--in 1941 he would have been the guy insisting on wearing a soft cap to the plate. Glad Yaz was okay--modern helmets are a wonder of engineering.
St. Louis Browns manager Von der Ahe certainly had a high opinion of himself, with that statue! Reminds me of someone in DC who likes to see his name in gold on everything! Lol! Paul, I enjoyed this post immensely! As an aside, I would like to refer back to your beanball series. I thought how far the technology in helmet material has advanced when I saw Yaz get beaned in the 9th inning yesterday and was fine to stay in the game and run the bases!
Thanks Meg! I myself recently thought about those beanball stories when I saw a player who opted not to use a face-guard just grazed on the cheek by an errant throw. I believe he ended up being okay but the fact that we still have players opting out of a face-guard just shows how people are the same in every era--in 1941 he would have been the guy insisting on wearing a soft cap to the plate. Glad Yaz was okay--modern helmets are a wonder of engineering.