Baseball's Greatest Sacrifice (Memorial Day)

[fan_since79]

This site chronicles the lives of those baseball players who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. 

Harry O'Neill, killed in action in World War II

http://www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/biographies/oneill_harry.html

[ettin]

Thanks for sharing this.

[Dave Saltzer]

Agreed. Thanks for sharing this.

[fan_since79]

Forrest "Lefty" Brewer. Minor League pitcher.

82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army.

Killed in action on D-Day, June 6, 1944 Normandy, France

http://www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/biographies/brewer_lefty.html

[yk9001]

New Era is doing their part to commemorate by selling overpriced, tacky-as-hell caps.

http://shop.neweracap.com/shop/mlb-memorial-day

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

New Era is doing their part to commemorate by selling overpriced, tacky-as-hell caps.

http://shop.neweracap.com/shop/mlb-memorial-day

Those were horrific. I initially thought something was wrong with my tv 

[Stradling]

I like the hats.  I bought one.  

[fan_since79]

Did anyone else catch the Memorial Day concert from the Capitol? Colonel Richard Cole was interviewed. He's 101 years old and the last surviving member of the Doolittle Raiders that bombed Tokyo in 1942. Amazing stuff. He said he was in awe as he sat next to Jimmy Doolittle as co-pilot on that mission.

 

[yk9001]

8 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I like the hats.  I bought one.  

Not shocking at all. 

It is impossible for something to look tackier.

The way they use a national holiday, to commemorate our war dead, to peddle their chinese-made crap, is embarrassing.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, yk9001 said:

Not shocking at all. 

It is impossible for something to look tackier.

The way they use a national holiday, to commemorate our war dead, to peddle their chinese-made crap, is embarrassing.

Cool story bro.  You keep seeing that side of it, I'll keep seeing the side where they draw attention to our "war dead".  

[yk9001]

War dead - that's not a thing, is it.

[fan_since79]

The caps don't look all that bad, but they are terribly overpriced.

Then again, most everything baseball-related is expensive.

 

[yk9001]

The caps look like garbage.  You'd look like a tool in them.

They gave our lives, so fans could buy tacky, overpriced, chinese-made, faux-patriotic hats.

MAGA.

[fan_since79]

We get it, you don't like the caps.

They still don't appear that bad to me, and I've taken a second and third look at them to try to see what you're seeing.

I agree with you on the overpriced, chinese-made part. That's garbage.

[Ohtaniland]

52 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

New Era is doing their part to commemorate by selling overpriced, tacky-as-hell caps.

http://shop.neweracap.com/shop/mlb-memorial-day

Those caps make everyone look like Shoemaker for a day.

[fan_since79]

Lt. Harry O'Neill, 4th Marine Division, Iwo Jima.

Harry had played in one game for the Philadelphia A's. July 23, 1939. Inserted as a defensive replacement at catcher for one inning, he never had an at-bat in the majors. He died at Iwo Jima on March 6, 1945.

Edited May 29, 2017 by fan_since79

[ten ocho recon scout]

Ive mentioned it on here before, i always wonder how much the golden era guys benefitted from having so many potential rivals head off to war and thin out the talent pool?

[Stradling]

2 hours ago, yk9001 said:

War dead - that's not a thing, is it.

You tell me, I was quoting you and your use of the term. 

[fan_since79]

Speaking of "War dead", I was astounded to read that between 60 and 80 million people worldwide died as a result of World War II.

About 47 million civilians (including those who died from famine and disease brought on by war), and the rest combatants.

The U.S. had over 8 million men and women serving during those years, with over 400,000 battle deaths.

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Speaking of "War dead", I was astounded to read that between 60 and 80 million people worldwide died as a result of World War II.

About 47 million civilians (including those who died from famine and disease brought on by war), and the rest combatants.

The U.S. had over 8 million men and women serving during those years, with over 400,000 battle deaths.

We were the big winners of the war. Europe was decimated. For every American who was killed something like 60 soviets died. We had the bomb and we weren't afraid to use it.

[California Cajun]

4 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

The caps don't look all that bad, but they are terribly overpriced.

Then again, most everything baseball-related is expensive.

 

It's a money making venture for MLB unless the proceeds go to veterans causes.

42 on Robinson Day, pink on Mother's Day, unis on Memorial Day, caps on July 4, caps for the All Star Game, Labor Day, World Series patches, alternate uniforms.

We're lucky if we see one white home uni or one gray road uni per week.

Normal uniforms have turned into the only special occasion left.

[fan_since79]

51 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

We were the big winners of the war. Europe was decimated. For every American who was killed something like 60 soviets died. We had the bomb and we weren't afraid to use it.

I was wrong about the number of Americans who served during WWII. It was more like 16 million.

Yes, the Soviets lost an enormous number of soldiers.

[yk9001]

1 hour ago, California Cajun said:

It's a money making venture for MLB unless the proceeds go to veterans causes.

42 on Robinson Day, pink on Mother's Day, unis on Memorial Day, caps on July 4, caps for the All Star Game, Labor Day, World Series patches, alternate uniforms.

We're lucky if we see one white home uni or one gray road uni per week.

Normal uniforms have turned into the only special occasion left.

When everything is special, nothing is special.

And also, the games this weekend  look like they are on black and white tv. Black and white tv sucks.

[yk9001]

3 hours ago, Stradling said:

You tell me, I was quoting you and your use of the term. 

As always, I'm an idiot.

[Lou]

lol