@lazy_toast said in Im thinking about buying Nolan Ryan:
@GQSMOOTH75 said in Im thinking about buying Nolan Ryan:
im good gramps but thanks for participating. Guess im not a fan since i dont know every player that ever played for my team. Now i must denounce them [censored] I dont know who the QB was for my 49ers 1962 so I guess i have to stop rooting for them
No one is saying you have to know every player who ever played for your team. They are however saying that you probably should know a HOFer from your team especially one who played such a pivotal role in breaking the color barrier
Well never heard of the man ever. Like ever. Thank you SDS for educating me
This... who said that you should know everyone who ever played for your team?-nobody. But to not know the greatest players (hall of famers) that played for your team. That is kind of sad. It would be like 30 years from now someone asking you “who the heck is Frank Thomas, I never heard of the guy” I think you’d cringe just a bit hearing that.
You don’t have to be a Gramps to know who the best to ever play the game are. Anyone who is a fan of the history of Baseball knows who Larry Doby was.
By the way SDS clearly didn’t educate you... GRAMPS did.
Oh man you had me rolling comparing Frank Thomas White Sox legacy to Larry’s White Sox legacy. WOW. And leave gramps alone he’s sleeping
I had you rolling? You talk about the Big Hurt’s legacy for the White Sox while dismissing Larry Doby’s MUCH larger legacy for the entire sport. Again this isn’t a utility player we are talking about, this isn’t even Ron LeFlore, Greg Walker, Bobby Thigpen, or even Harold Baines for that matter.
Larry Doby is one of the greatest players of all time, AND he broke the American League color barrier. I’d say that’s one hell of a legacy.
Also If your father was in Viet Nam I’d say that you are old enough to know better when it comes to both Larry Doby and calling someone else gramps. Pot meet kettle.