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Elwood P Dowd

(11,444 posts) Wed Sep 15, 2021, 12:55 PM Sep 2021

A blast from the past. Can you name them? They're all in The Hall of Fame.

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A blast from the past. Can you name them? They're all in The Hall of Fame. (Original Post) Elwood P Dowd Sep 2021 OP

Some of them Redleg Sep 2021 #1

Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, rsdsharp Sep 2021 #2

You're the winner. Elwood P Dowd Sep 2021 #3

Thank you very much. That was fun. rsdsharp Sep 2021 #4

After getting hit in the head with a baseball, Dizzy Dean said, Elwood P Dowd Sep 2021 #5

I think that was a headline after Diz was hit in the head rsdsharp Sep 2021 #6

Redleg

(6,142 posts)

1. Some of them

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Wed Sep 15, 2021, 01:21 PM

Sep 2021

Lou Gerhrig is far left end.
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio is 4th from the left.
Second from the right looks like Jimmie Foxx.

I can't guess the others without consulting baseballreference.com

rsdsharp

(10,130 posts)

2. Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio,

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Wed Sep 15, 2021, 01:26 PM

Sep 2021

Charlie Gehringer, Jimmy Foxx, Hank Greenberg.

I’m guessing it was taken at the 1937 All Star game.

On edit, it was the ‘37 game. Here’s a similar picture in color.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,444 posts)

3. You're the winner.

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 15, 2021, 01:31 PM

Sep 2021

Who was it that said Jimmy Foxx had muscles in his hair? I think it was Bob Feller.

rsdsharp

(10,130 posts)

4. Thank you very much. That was fun.

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 15, 2021, 01:45 PM

Sep 2021

Leo Durocher said of Gehringer that “He hadn’t missed a tag, or said a word, in 15 years.”

Elwood P Dowd

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5. After getting hit in the head with a baseball, Dizzy Dean said,

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 15, 2021, 01:50 PM

Sep 2021

"The doctor X rayed my head and found nothing".

rsdsharp

(10,130 posts)

6. I think that was a headline after Diz was hit in the head

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 15, 2021, 01:56 PM

Sep 2021

by Billy Rogell when Dean was trying to break up a double play in the 1934 series.

X-RAYS OF DEANS HEAD SHOW NOTHING

On edit, we’re both right. See the 1:20 mark

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