The Favorite Toy and…Bob Feller

December 21, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 1 Comment

In the wake of Bob Feller’s death on Wednesday, many a tribute has been paid to the man they called “Rapid Robert,” including one by our very own Arne Christensen, who wrote “Bob Feller in His Own Words,” in which the Hall of Fame hurler states, “A lot of folks say that had I not […]

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The Favorite Toy and…Grover Cleveland Alexander

December 9, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment

Those of you who read my last Favorite Toy article about Babe Ruth probably noticed that the second installment was supposed to be about Ted Williams. Well, after giving it some thought I realized that I wanted to go deeper with Williams than most of the others I have in mind, mostly because of the […]

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