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Phillies' Victorino Gets Dumped On, Becomes Latest Pour Man's Al Smith by Paul Ladewski Posted on Monday, August
Phillies’ Victorino gets dumped on, becomes latest pour man’s Al Smith By Paul Ladewski Posted on Monday, August 17th One-time White Sox outfielder Al Smith was a productive hitter for much of his 12 seasons in the major leagues, but the three-time All-Star is best remembered neither for any of his 1,466 career hits nor his Negro League exploits before them. Fifty years after the fact, any mention of Smith immediately stokes memories of Game 2 of the 1959 World Series, when he took perhaps the most famous beer bath in baseball history. As the headline of his New York Times obituary said, “Al Smith, 73, Dies; Was Doused in Series.” Smith passed away in January, 2002, but his name came to light again last Wednesday night, when Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino was doused by an overzealous Cubs fan at Wrigley Field. Compared to what Smith endured, Victorino has no reason to cry in his beer. At least he was able to catch the ball on the warning track in left-center field. On that Friday, Oct. 2, afternoon at Comiskey Park, Smith could only watch helplessly while the ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Charlie Neal landed several feet into the lower deck in left field. Mere fractions of seconds earlier, in his haste to retrieve the ball, a fan named Melvin Piehl inadvertently knocked over a full cup of beer from atop the ledge of the wall. “It hit the bill of my cap and came down the side of my face,” Smith recalled years later. -
1955 Bowman Baseball Checklist
1955 Bowman Baseball Checklist 1 Hoyt Wilhelm 2 Alvin Dark 3 Joe Coleman 4 Eddie Waitkus 5 Jim Robertson 6 Pete Suder 7 Gene Baker 8 Warren Hacker 9 Gil McDougald 10 Phil Rizzuto 11 Bill Bruton 12 Andy Pafko 13 Clyde Vollmer 14 Gus Keriazakos 15 Frank Sullivan 16 Jimmy Piersall 17 Del Ennis 18 Stan Lopata 19 Bobby Avila 20 Al Smith 21 Don Hoak 22 Roy Campanella 23 Al Kaline 24 Al Aber 25 Minnie Minoso 26 Virgil Trucks 27 Preston Ward 28 Dick Cole 29 Red Schoendienst 30 Bill Sarni 31 Johnny TemRookie Card 32 Wally Post 33 Nellie Fox 34 Clint Courtney 35 Bill Tuttle 36 Wayne Belardi 37 Pee Wee Reese 38 Early Wynn 39 Bob Darnell 40 Vic Wertz 41 Mel Clark 42 Bob Greenwood 43 Bob Buhl Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 1 44 Danny O'Connell 45 Tom Umphlett 46 Mickey Vernon 47 Sammy White 48 (a) Milt BollingFrank Bolling on Back 48 (b) Milt BollingMilt Bolling on Back 49 Jim Greengrass 50 Hobie Landrith 51 El Tappe Elvin Tappe on Card 52 Hal Rice 53 Alex Kellner 54 Don Bollweg 55 Cal Abrams 56 Billy Cox 57 Bob Friend 58 Frank Thomas 59 Whitey Ford 60 Enos Slaughter 61 Paul LaPalme 62 Royce Lint 63 Irv Noren 64 Curt Simmons 65 Don ZimmeRookie Card 66 George Shuba 67 Don Larsen 68 Elston HowRookie Card 69 Billy Hunter 70 Lew Burdette 71 Dave Jolly 72 Chet Nichols 73 Eddie Yost 74 Jerry Snyder 75 Brooks LawRookie Card 76 Tom Poholsky 77 Jim McDonald 78 Gil Coan 79 Willy MiranWillie Miranda on Card 80 Lou Limmer 81 Bobby Morgan 82 Lee Walls 83 Max Surkont 84 George Freese 85 Cass Michaels 86 Ted Gray 87 Randy Jackson 88 Steve Bilko 89 Lou -
Kit Young's Sale
KIT YOUNG’S SALE #92 VINTAGE HALL OF FAMERS ROOKIE CARDS SALE – TAKE 10% OFF 1954 Topps #128 Hank Aaron 1959 Topps #338 Sparky 1956 Topps #292 Luis Aparicio 1954 Topps #94 Ernie Banks EX- 1968 Topps #247 Johnny Bench EX o/c $550.00 Anderson EX $30.00 EX-MT $115.00; VG-EX $59.00; MT $1100.00; EX+ $585.00; PSA PSA 6 EX-MT $120.00; EX-MT GD-VG $35.00 5 EX $550.00; VG-EX $395.00; VG $115.00; EX o/c $49.00 $290.00 1909 E90-1 American Caramel 1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel 1887 Tobin Lithographs Dan 1949 Bowman #84 Roy 1967 Topps #568 Rod Carew NR- Chief Bender PSA 2 GD $325.00 Chief Bender FR $99.00 Brouthers SGC Authentic $295.00 Campanella VG-EX/EX $375.00 MT $320.00; EX-MT $295.00 1958 Topps #343 Orlando Cepeda 1909 E92 Dockman & Sons Frank 1909 E90-1 American Caramel 1910 E93 Standard Caramel 1909 E90-1 American Caramel PSA 5 EX $55.00 Chance SGC 30 GD $395.00 Frank Chance FR-GD $95.00 Eddie Collins GD-VG Sam Crawford GD $150.00 (paper loss back) $175.00 1932 U.S. Caramel #7 Joe Cronin 1933 Goudey #23 Kiki Cuyler 1933 Goudey #19 Bill Dickey 1939 Play Ball #26 Joe DiMaggio 1957 Topps #18 Don Drysdale SGC 50 VG-EX $375.00 GD-VG $49.00 VG $150.00 EX $695.00; PSA 3.5 VG+ $495.00 NR-MT $220.00; PSA 6 EX-MT $210.00; EX-MT $195.00; EX $120.00; VG-EX $95.00 1910 T3 Turkey Red Cabinet #16 1910 E93 Standard Caramel 1909-11 T206 (Polar Bear) 1948 Bowman #5 Bob Feller EX 1972 Topps #79 Carlton Fisk EX Johnny Evers VG $575.00 Johnny Evers FR-GD $99.00 Johnny Evers SGC 45 VG+ $170.00; VG $75.00 $19.95; VG-EX $14.95 $240.00 KIT YOUNG CARDS • 4876 SANTA MONICA AVE, #137 • DEPT. -
Al Smith Was First and Foremost a Ballplayer Whose Major-League Career Spanned 12 Seasons with Four American League Teams
Smith was quiet man who made his noise on field By Gary Livacari Al Smith was first and foremost a ballplayer whose major-league career spanned 12 seasons with four American League teams. Primarily an outfielder, he played six positions as a major leaguer and was a fine defender with a strong arm and good speed. Smith finished with a .272 life-time batting average, hit 164 home runs, and reached base nearly 36 percent of the time. He also made two A.L. All- Star teams and played for two pennant winners (both managed by Al Lopez). He hit a career-best .315 in 1960 and posted his biggest power numbers—28 homers and 93 RBIs—in 1961. But despite his considerable on-field accomplishments, he will always be best remembered as the unwitting subject in one of baseball‘s most lasting images: the “beer bath” photo from Game Two of the 1959 World Series. When Smith died in 2002, his obituary in the New York Times was headlined, “Al Smith, 73, Dies; Was Doused in Series.” Alphonse Eugene Smith was born on February 7, 1928, in Kirkwood, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb. He grew up a fan of both local big-league teams, the Cardinals and the Browns, and his hero was Cardinals outfielder Joe Medwick. Nicknamed “Fuzzy,” Smith was a versatile, multitalented athlete at Douglas High in Webster Groves, Missouri. The MVP of the baseball team, he also starred in football, basketball, and track, and was a Golden Gloves boxing champion in the 160-pound division. Smith scored 33 touchdowns in one football season and was reputed to have scored 10 touchdowns in one game. -
1960-63 Post Cereal Baseball Card .Pdf Checklist
1960 Post Cereal Box Panels Mickey Mantle Don Drysdale Al Kaline Harmon Killebrew Eddie Mathews Bob Cousy Bob Pettit Johnny Unitas Frank Gifford 1961 Post Cereal Baseball Card Checklist 1 Yogi Berra (Hand Cut) 1 Yogi Berra (Perforated) 2 Elston Howard (Hand Cut) 2 Elston Howard (Perforated) 3 Bill Skowron (Hand Cut) 3 Bill Skowron (Perforated) 4 Mickey Mantle (Hand Cut) 4 Mickey Mantle (Perforated) 5 Bob Turley (Hand Cut) 5 Bob Turley (Perforated) 6 Whitey Ford (Hand Cut) 6 Whitey Ford (Perforated) 7 Roger Maris (Hand Cut) 7 Roger Maris (Perforated) 8 Bobby Richardson (Hand Cut) 8 Bobby Richardson (Perforated) 9 Tony Kubek (Hand Cut) 9 Tony Kubek (Perforated) 10 Gil McDougald (Hand Cut) 10 Gil McDougald (Perforated) 11 Cletis Boyer (Hand Cut) 12 Hector Lopez (Hand Cut) 12 Hector Lopez (Perforated) 13 Bob Cerv (Hand Cut) 14 Ryne Duren (Hand Cut) 15 Bobby Shantz (Hand Cut) 16 Art Ditmar (Hand Cut) 17 Jim Coates (Hand Cut) 18 John Blanchard (Hand Cut) Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 1 19 Luis Aparicio (Hand Cut) 19 Luis Aparicio (Perforated) 20 Nelson Fox (Hand Cut) 20 Nelson Fox (Perforated) 21 Bill Pierce (Hand Cut) 21 Bill Pierce (Perforated) 22 Early Wynn (Hand Cut) 22 Early Wynn (Perforated) 23 Bob Shaw (Hand Cut) 24 Al Smith (Hand Cut) 24 Al Smith (Perforated) 25 Minnie Minoso (Hand Cut) 25 Minnie Minoso (Perforated) 26 Roy Sievers (Hand Cut) 26 Roy Sievers (Perforated) 27 Jim Landis (Hand Cut) 27 Jim Landis (Perforated) 28 Sherman Lollar (Hand Cut) 28 Sherman Lollar (Perforated) 29 Gerry Staley (Hand Cut) 30 Gene Freese -
The Passing of Minnie Minoso and Remembrances by His Sox Teammates
The Passing of Minnie Minoso and Remembrances by His Sox Teammates By Mark Liptak Posted Monday, March 2, 2015 From the time he arrived to make his White Sox debut on May 1, 1951 until his passing early Sunday morning March 1, 2015, Saturnino Orestes Armas (Arrieta) “Minnie” Minoso loved Chicago, the White Sox and baseball. Minoso, the first Latin player to appear for the White Sox, reportedly was 90 years old although many feel he was actually older when he passed away in his car. Minoso had gone out Saturday night for a friend's birthday party when he appar- ently fell ill and pulled over in the Lakeview neigh- borhood, according to police and family. He was found early Sunday morning unresponsive. Minoso’s story is one of overcoming hardship and prejudice first in Cuba where he was born and raised and then in his day-to-day dealings with life in the 1950’s in America. He changed people’s atti- tudes by always being courteous and showing a smile regardless of the circumstances. Minnie played 17 games with the Indians in 1949 Minoso was one of the original "Go-Go" boys. Photo credit Associated Press. and 1951 when he was acquired by the Sox in a three way deal also involving the Athletics. The deal was driven by Sox G.M. Frank “Trader” Lane upon the recommendation of manager Paul Richards. Richards had first seen Minoso play in San Diego in the Pacific Coast League and immediately pushed for his acquisition. When all was said and done, Phila- delphia sent Lou Brissie to Cleveland; Cleveland sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to Philadelphia; the Athletics sent Paul Lehner to the White Sox, the White Sox sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to Philadelphia and the Indians sent Minoso to the South Side of Chicago. -
Siena Research Institute Siena College, Loudonville, Ny
SIENA RESEARCH INSTITUTE SIENA COLLEGE, LOUDONVILLE, NY www.siena.edu/sri For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 8, 2005 Contact: Joe Caruso at 518-783-2901 J Siena New York Poll: Death Penalty: NY Split; Favor Life Without Parole Hillary: Run for Senate, Not for President Governor’s Popularity & Support Continue to Slide NYers Like Their Legislators; Split on Senate; 2:1 Unfavorable Toward Assembly Loudonville, NY – By a margin of 46-42 percent, New Yorkers do not want to see the death penalty reinstituted. And by a nearly two-to-one margin (56-29 percent) they favor life without parole over the death penalty for first-degree murderers, according to a new Siena (College) Research Institute poll of New York voters released today. “Nearly half of New York voters are opposed to reinstituting the death penalty and a clear majority (56 percent) support life without parole as the preferred punishment for first-degree murderers,” said Joe Caruso, Director of Polling for the Siena Research Institute (SRI). “Even among death penalty supporters, more than one-quarter (26-61 percent) support life without parole as the most appropriate punishment.” While 58 percent of New Yorkers want to see Hillary Clinton run for re-election to the Senate, only 38 percent believe she should run for President in 2008. Twenty-nine percent of New York voters (50 percent of Republicans) would prefer if she ran for neither office. “Hillary’s popularity continues to run high in New York, with nearly three out of five voters having a favorable opinion of her. One-third of voters say ‘run for re-election next year and President two years later.’ One-quarter of voters want her to run for Senate but not President. -
1860 CENSUS of BALTIMORE CITY
1860 CENSUS of BALTIMORE CITY *#*»#»/########»####»#»###»#»*#»###»^»##»»»##»^^*^^»#^^^#^#^^^#****#**^^^»»##»»###»»»»»##»»»»»»»»»»#»j#»»# Volume Two Published by FAMILY LINE PUBLICATIONS Rear 63 East Main Street Westminster, Maryland 21157 GENEALOGY/LOCAL HISTORY/EARLY MAPS of Maryland, Delaware, Washington, D.C. & Pennsylvania Also available 1860 Census of Baltimore City, Wards I & II Send for free catalog. Copyright 1989 by Martha & Bill Reamy Printed in the U.S.A. Published 1989 by FAMILY LINE PUBLICATIONS INTRODUCTION Every effort has been made to achieve accuracy in this project, but interpreting the enumerator's hand-written material has posed problems. As an aid to deciphering many poorly written and misspelled names, the "Wood's Baltimore City Directory, 1861" was consulted. When an entry was found in the Directory where the first name and occupation agreed with the Census listing and the surname appears to be similar, the City Directory spelling was added in brackets in the text and added to the index. The original enumeration at the National Archives was consulted for all proofreading. The enumerator took great liberties in the spelling of surnames. Sometimes when an entry for a household carried over from one page to another the enumerator changed the spelling of the surname. We have retained both spellings in this book. Surnames were occasionally spelled phonetically, e.g. the name written as Knobloch in the Baltimore City Directory appears as Noblock in the census. The user is cautioned to check the index for all possible variations. In some sections it is obvious that the information was transcribed from the original record column by column rather than across the page, line by line, with frequent misalignment of the data on a particular line. -
NYS Registered Voters the Survey of 705 Registered Voters Was Conducted on April 4Th and 5Th, 2005
Marist College Institute for Public Opinion Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Phone 845.575.5050 Fax 845.575.5111 www.maristpoll.marist.edu New York State: Tough Political Times for New York’s Governor FOR EMBARGO: 6 P.M. Monday, April 11, 2005 Contact: Dr. Lee M. Miringoff Dr. Barbara L. Carvalho Marist College 845.575.5050 This Marist College Institute for Public Opinion poll reports: • Voters give thumbs down to a fourth term for Governor Pataki: Only 34% of New York State’s registered voters want to see Governor Pataki seek a fourth term in 2006. 55% prefer that he does not run again. In April of 1993, a comparable time in Mario Cuomo’s tenure as governor, New Yorkers were divided about whether or not he should run for re-election. 43% of registered voters wanted him to seek a fourth term and 47% did not. Question Wording: Do you want George Pataki/Mario Cuomo to run for governor in 2006/1994 or not? Registered Voters Yes No Unsure April 2005 (Pataki) 34% 55% 11% April 1993 (Cuomo) 43% 47% 10% • Many would not vote to re-elect the governor, although about one in five say it still depends: 44% of New York State’s registered voters would definitely vote against Governor Pataki should he decide to seek a fourth term next year. Only 28% of voters would definitely support him at this time. 19% neither support nor oppose him but say it depends on who runs against him. 9% are unsure. Question Wording: If George Pataki runs for re-election as governor, do you definitely plan to vote for him or do you definitely plan to vote against him? Definitely Definitely Vote Depends Registered Voters Vote For Against Who Runs Unsure April 2005 28% 44% 19% 9% • Voters’ lowest rating of governor signals rough road: Governor Pataki receives his lowest approval rating from voters since assuming office. -
1957 Topps Baseball Checklist
1957 Topps Baseball Checklist 1 Ted Williams 2 Yogi Berra 3 Dale Long 4 Johnny Logan 5 Sal Maglie 6 Hector Lopez 7 Luis Aparicio 8 Don Mossi 9 Johnny Temple 10 Willie Mays 11 George Zuverink 12 Dick Groat 13 Wally Burnette 14 Bob Nieman 15 Robin Roberts 16 Walt Moryn 17 Billy Gardner 18 Don Drysdale 19 Bob Wilson 20 Hank Aaron 21 Frank Sullivan 22 Jerry Snyder 23 Sherm Lollar 24 Bill Mazeroski 25 Whitey Ford 26 Bob Boyd 27 Ted Kazanski 28 Gene Conley 29 Whitey Herzog 30 Pee Wee Reese 31 Ron Northey 32 Hersh Free Hershell Freeman on Card 33 Jim Small 34 Tom Sturdivant 35 Frank Robinson 36 Bob Grim 37 Frank Torre 38 Nellie Fox 39 Al Worthington 40 Early Wynn 41 Hal Smith Hal W. Smith on Card 42 Dee Fondy 43 Connie Johnson 44 Joe DeMaestri Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 1 45 Carl Furillo 46 Bob Miller Robert J. Miller on Card 47 Don Blasingame 48 Bill Bruton 49 Daryl Spencer 50 Herb Score 51 Clint Courtney 52 Lee Walls 53 Clem Labine 54 Elmer Valo 55 Ernie Banks 56 Dave Sisler 57 Jim Lemon 58 Ruben Gomez 59 Dick Williams 60 Billy Hoeft 61 Dusty Rhodes 62 Billy Martin 63 Ike Delock 64 Pete Runnels 65 Wally Moon 66 Brooks Lawrence 67 Chico Carrasquel 68 Ray Crone 69 Roy McMillan 70 Richie Ashburn 71 Murry Dickson 72 Bill Tuttle 73 George Crowe 74 Vito Valentinetti 75 Jimmy Piersall 76 Roberto Clemente 77 Paul Foytack 78 Vic Wertz 79 Lindy McDaniel 80 Gil Hodges 81 Herm Weh Herman Wehmeier on Card 82 Elston Howard 83 Lou Skizas 84 Moe Drabowsky 85 Larry Doby 86 Bill Sarni 87 Tom Gorman 88 Harvey Kuenn 89 Roy Sievers 90 Warren Spahn 91 Mack Burk Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 2 92 Mickey Vernon 93 Hal Jeffcoat 94 Bobby Del Greco 95 Mickey Mantle 96 Hank Aguirre 97 Yankees Team Card 98 Alvin Dark 99 Bob Keegan 100 W. -
Early Memories of Chicago Baseball
DIVIDED LOYALTIES: EARLY MEMORIES OF CHICAGO BASEBALL Some things are supposed to be unnatural, indefensible, maybe even impossible. But I’m living proof that a person can be a fan of both the Cubs and the White Sox. This is my confession and explanation. Until 1957, when I was eleven, my parents and I lived in Hyde Park. For most of that time, we were within easy walking distance of a great-aunt and uncle who were more like a third set of grandparents. Their home was the East End Park apartment hotel at the corner of 53rd and Hyde Park Blvd.—at the northwest corner, to be precise. That’s important because at the southwest corner was the Del Prado, where visiting teams stayed when they came to Chicago to play the Sox. Naturally, some of us haunted that corner, waiting for the players to come out to board the bus that would take them to Comiskey Park, and hoping that they wouldn’t ignore our plaintive requests for “just one autograph, please!” In the corner of the East End Park, at street level, was O’Connell’s Restaurant, which made decent burgers and served a cheesecake to die for. One family legend has it that some of us were sitting there one day, with me looking out the window and across to the Del Prado, when Ted Williams began to unfold himself from the rear seat of a taxi. As the story goes, I was through the revolving door of the restaurant and half-way across the street, with autograph book in hand, before my hamburger hit my plate. -
1959 Topps Baseball Chacklist
1959 Topps Baseball Chacklist 1 Ford Frick Commissioner of Baseball 2 Eddie Yost 3 Don McMahon 4 Albie Pearson 5 Dick Donovan 6 Alex Grammas 7 Al Pilarcik 8 Philadelphia Phillies Team Card 9 Paul Giel 10 Mickey Mantle 11 Billy Hunter 12 Vern Law 13 Dick Gernert 14 Pete Whisenant 15 Dick Drott 16 Joe Pignatano 17 Danny's All-Stars 18 Jack Urban 19 Eddie Bressoud 20 Duke Snider 21 Connie Johnson 22 Al Smith 23 Murry Dickson 24 Red Wilson 25 Don Hoak 26 Chuck Stobbs 27 Andy Pafko 28 Al Worthington 29 Jim Bolger 30 Nellie Fox 31 Ken Lehman 32 Don Buddin 33 Ed Fitz Gerald 34 Al Kaline Pitchers Beware Charlie Maxwell 35 Ted Kluszewski 36 Hank Aguirre 37 Gene Green 38 Morrie Martin 39 Ed Bouchee 40 Warren Spahn 41 Bob Martyn 42 Murray Wall Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 1 43 Steve Bilko 44 Vito Valentinetti 45 Andy Carey 46 Bill Henry 47 Jim Finigan 48 Baltimore Orioles Team Card 49 Bill Hall 50 Willie Mays 51 Rip Coleman 52 Coot Veal 53 Stan WilliamRookie Card 54 Mel Roach 55 Tom Brewer 56 Carl Sawatski 57 Al Cicotte 58 Eddie Miksis 59 Irv Noren 60 Bob Turley 61 Dick Brown 62 Tony Taylor 63 Jim Hearn 64 Joe DeMaestri 65 Frank Torre 66 Joe Ginsberg 67 Brooks Lawrence 68 Dick Schofield 69 San Francisco Giants Team Card 70 Harvey Kuenn 71 Don Bessent 72 Bill Renna 73 Ron Jackson 74 Bob LemonDirecting The Power Cookie Lavagetto Roy Sievers 75 Sam Jones 76 Bobby Richardson 77 Johnny Goryl 78 Pedro Ramos 79 Harry Chiti 80 Minnie Minoso 81 Hal Jeffcoat 82 Bob Boyd 83 Bob Smith 84 Reno Bertoia 85 Harry Anderson 86 Bob Keegan 87 Danny O'Connell