Conversations with Leo Durocher

[truth2masses]

vince lloyd,lebanese american. RIP! A BELL RINGER!

[bardar27]

Vince Lloyd should be in the Hall of Fame.

[Farinadog13]

I interviewd Vince Lloyd in the WGN radio booth at Wrigley Field in 1978. I snuck into the press box after the game and instead of kicking me out, he welcomed me into the booth and gave me a great interview. What a great memory for a 17 year old kid.

[Moose4Choice]

I knew Vince many years ago. One time Lou Boudreau took me and three of my buddies into the WGN booth. I guess this would have been 1962 or 1963. Anyway, Vince Lloyd came in and he and Lou were asking us questions about our baseball team. Then years later, I brought fried chicken for Lou and Vince when the Cubs were at Houston. My mother called to tell me they mentioned my name on the radio and some other things we had talked about. They were great together for many years on WGN.

[meesterfonnyboy]

I'll say one thing in Leo's favor: He wasn't prejudiced (against race, anyhow), like his hero, John McGraw. (Among McGraw's papers found after his 1934 death was a list of black players he wished he could sign.) Leo wanted black players in as early as 1939, but Judge Landis was commissioner then, and he said no. It was kind of ironic Leo was suspended as Dodger manager for "conduct detrimental to baseball" the year Jackie Robinson broke in.

[deepcosmiclove]

McGraw also wanted to sign those black players, even trying to disguise them as Natives but baseball said no. All McGraw ever wanted to do was win ball games.