FDRLincoln
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Mon Oct-06-03 03:49 PM
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My book about Bob Feller is about to be published. |
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In about a month, my book about Bob Feller will be published. Here is the Amazon entry for those of you interested in him or baseball history. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1574884417/qid=1065473043/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/103-6015367-7183009?v=glance&s=booksWish me luck, folks.
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Mon Oct-06-03 03:51 PM
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Edited on Mon Oct-06-03 03:52 PM by pmbryant
:hi:
Baseball history, especially about pitchers, has always intrigued me.
--Peter
edit: luck, not lock!
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Mon Oct-06-03 03:53 PM
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2. I drive by his memorial all the time |
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When I'm heading back to Omaha from Iowa City. I always wondered who he was...
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Mon Oct-06-03 03:56 PM
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I first met Bob in about 1963 in Des Moines, Iowa. He came to dedicate our new little league fields. He seemed bigger than life. My dad and I also got to go to lunch with him. Still have the pics somewhere. Best of luck.
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Mon Oct-06-03 04:01 PM
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How exciting! My mom is a huge fan of Bob Feller. I always try to buy her a book for Christmas that's not on her list, but I know she'll like and you just made my quest a little easier this year. My mom's college roommate had such a crush on him that she actually found his home in Cleveland and paid him a visit. For the record, he was very nice and signed a program for her. :)
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Mon Oct-06-03 04:03 PM
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5. I met him once at a single A game |
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Really nice guy. He signed a baseball for my stepfather.
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Mon Oct-06-03 04:04 PM
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6. Well, hell break a ...(if an actor, a leg) hell break a finger!!!! |
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Might you become a BEST SELLER! I am no baseball fan...but I love to know people 'when'! :bounce:
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Mon Oct-06-03 04:35 PM
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I love baseball books. BTW, how did Bob Feller ever throw a baseball that fast?
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Mon Oct-06-03 05:14 PM
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Highest confirmed Feller velocity was 98.6 MPH in 1946. That was taken with an Army machine that measured the speed of the ball as it crossed the plate. On a modern radar gun, that would be equivalent to about 102 MPH, since modern guns take the reading when the pitcher releases the ball.
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Mon Oct-06-03 04:40 PM
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When I was a kid my father met Bob and brought me home a baseball with all the teams names on it. Some friends was in my bed room and saw it and wanted it so I gave it to them. My father almost killed me but I had never cared for baseball so did not know what a find I had.I recall being in the dog house believe me. :nopity:
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Mon Oct-06-03 04:40 PM
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Congratulations.
I had a Bob Feller baseball game as a kid. You spun the dial to determine your "at bat". It was way before video games; just a board game. How cool that you've written about him.
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Mon Oct-06-03 05:17 PM
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11. Congrats and Good luck! n/t |
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