More Faces and Voices of Baseball's Deadball Era

[russphilly]

another fine video :)

[MrHippobippo]

nap lajoie was no matinee idol, but nobody would want to be mistaken for joe jackson. at least not from the front.

[tatkopitwmf]

@runawayuniverse  You're right!

[haptheharborseal]

great job on these videos. i've been reading about these old-time players, which makes watching these even better. thanks.

[tatkopitwmf]

The player identified as Joe Jackson is actually Napoleon Lajoie.

[runawayuniverse]

@tatkopitwmf The player identified as Joe Jackson is actually Joe Jackson

[kontra]

Awesome! We're very blessed to be in an era were we can have moments to hear and view the past! Always insightful! Thanks for posting this! Amazing!

[Gerkinstock]

Snodgrass' muff? That's terrible. Dropping a ball in the World Series doens't make warrant challenging one's manhood.

[ascernman]

Same thing with Bill Buchner of Boston 1986 vs the Mets. Bill was a very good ballplayer who will be remembered for one lousy ground ball...

[Rusfi16]

Did you notice the size of the bat that Joe Wood is holding?

Can't see him catching up to his own fastball with that.

[savammy]

joe jackson needs in the hall of fame. never proved he did anythingwrong.

he was illiterate and was did not know what he was signing when he put his mark on that paper that was a so called confession.he was tricked. he never took any money just as his team mate buck weaver never took money. jackson and weaver played great during the world series

[renandstim]

ew extra-base hits go over my head."

He was a show in and of himself, especially in 1912, when the new Fenway Park opened. The fans flocked to see Speaker play and Smoky Joe Wood pitch. Speaker hit .383 and was spectacular on defense. Born in Hubbard City, Texas, he was a .345 career hitter.

[renandstim]

Legend has it that Tris Speaker played center field no more than 40 feet behind the infield. He was able to catch bloopers and throw out runners in the infield. He also recorded unassisted double plays in which he'd catch a ball and then race to bag to beat the runner who was stranded off second base. He had no problems running back on balls, and he theorized to sportswriter Bob Broeg, "I learned early that I could save more games trying to cut off some of those singles than I could by having f

[junctionboys]

On the recently launched MLB network, they rated the top 9 centerfielders of all time with Speaker ranking fourth I believe. Mays 1, Cobb 2, Mantle 3 and Speaker 4. They made his case using the same comments posted here.

[mopable]

jimmy piersall also played a shallow center field, but i don't know if it was this shallow

[rockerduff1231]

sounds like the same song from part 1...and if its a different song, scott joplin really needed some inspiration

[eNeEGee70]

You really can't tell the difference? Maybe you should change your name to rockerDEAF1231.

[rockerduff1231]

good one