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Berk Ross For the Hall of Fame

Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
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All those who believe that Berk Ross was a great player and deserves consideration for the Hall of Fame - here's your chance.

Plus, please post your favorite BR photo.

Here's a nice photo of Berk when he started in the majors:

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As he matured, he looked to most, like the prototypical modern day diamond gladiator!

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Mike

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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    lol
    Good for you.
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    boggsboggs Posts: 91
    MLB Career stats are pretty good. Is this the right MR Ross? He was a little ...slow



    G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG

    12 36 4 9 0 0 0 7 8 0 18 0 9 .250 .280 .250
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    SouthsiderSouthsider Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭
    Let's not forget about Berk's brother Bob:

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    OnlypsahockeyOnlypsahockey Posts: 1,479 ✭✭
    Let's not forget his famous mom.

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    Bob
    57 Topps (83%) 7.61
    61 Topps (100%) 7.96
    62 Parkhurst (100%) 8.70
    63 Topps (100%) 7.96
    63 York WB's (50%) 8.52
    68 Topps (39%) 8.54
    69 Topps (3%) 9.00
    69 OPC (83%) 8.21
    71 Topps (100%) 9.21 #1 A.T.F.
    72 Topps (100%) 9.39
    73 Topps (13%) 9.35
    74 OPC WHA (95%) 8.57
    75 Topps (50%) 9.23
    77 OPC WHA (86%) 8.62 #1 A.T.F.
    88 Topps (5%) 10.00
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    julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    borderline off-topic post, but Carol may let this pass....

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    lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    Mudflap is the expert on this Berk Ross guy.....
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    jrdolanjrdolan Posts: 2,549 ✭✭
    I think Berk Ross and Wilson Franks played together for awhile, and Dan D. Chips was on that team. Johnston Cookies might have been the manager.
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    GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    Don't forget the left fielder, Albert "Red" Heart. And the erratic pinch hitter, Glen Dale Meetz.

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    jrdolanjrdolan Posts: 2,549 ✭✭
    Was Glen Dale related to Moore L. Meetz?
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    detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,314 ✭✭✭✭
    Don't forget Don Russ.
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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A little side info on "Berky" - he was at a bar one nite with his buds and he was knockin down some long necks when a hot young girl came up to him with two baseballs in her hand.

    She runs up to him and says..."Mr Ross...you're my favorite player in the whole wide world and my brother thinks you're the most!...would you sign my balls, please?" Ole Berky looks over at her...or should I say his eyes were trained on her chest the entire time...and said..."Sure, you sweet littl' thang...I'll sign yours if you'll kiss mine?" image

    He was always known as a sensitive guy.

    Anyone else have any "Berky" stories?

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    Mike
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    FuturemanFutureman Posts: 135 ✭✭
    Don't forget Berk's link to our nation's history; his great^3 grandmother was Betsy.

    edit: It's a little known fact.
    The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    ...and of course his younger brother who used the original family name when he went into show business.

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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    The Judge, who made cigars...

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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    a half sister that Dad never talked about....

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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    the play...

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    PeetiePeetie Posts: 627 ✭✭
    Diana Ernestine Ross (born March 26, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American soul, R&B and pop artist, and one of the most successful female artists of her era.

    Music career
    Diana Ross (who originally went by the name "Diane," although "Diana" is what is on her birth certificate), together with Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard and Betty McGlown formed The Primettes in 1959. After signing to Motown in 1961 and replacing McGlown with Barbara Martin , they changed the name of the group to The Supremes in 1963,
    shortly after her brief marriage to Baseball hero and future Hall of Famer, Berk
    Barbara Martin left the group shortly afterwards, and the group carried on as a trio. Although all the girls originally took turns singing lead, Motown chief Berry Gordy made Diana Ross the permanent lead singer starting in 1964, because he felt her soprano voice had the pop appeal The Supremes needed to cross over to white audiences. Between the summer of 1964 and the summer of 1967, The Supremes released nine #1 hit singles and became the most successful black performers of the decade.
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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    just one more...the black sheep of the family, Ross T. Farian

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    Sorry guys, I'm a little giddy. I got a new job today and doubled my income. Yeehaaa, my '59 set is going to see some rapid growth.
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    halosfanhalosfan Posts: 2,614 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Don't forget Berk's link to our nation's history; his great^3 grandmother was Betsy.

    edit: It's a little known fact. >>



    If you continue to follow this legendary family tree you eventually get to

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    NickMNickM Posts: 4,896 ✭✭✭
    Johnston Cookies coached third base. Jay Publishing was the manager.

    Does anyone else remember the hard-throwing righty they signed from Cuba, Num Num Chips?

    Nick
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    halosfanhalosfan Posts: 2,614 ✭✭✭✭
    and then there is the wacky uncle no one likes to mention -- seen here with out his pointer and charts

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    stevekstevek Posts: 27,771 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Berk Ross was a great player. Especially that one season when he broke those records. And that catch he made in that World Series game - spectacular. Hard to believe he isn't in the Hall of Fame. I think there should be an immediate investigation into this!!!
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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So everyone thought that Joe and Marilyn were the "Darlings of the Diamond" - now we can add -

    Diana and Berk:

    imageimage

    Thanx for the research guys! This guy is only a jockstrap away from the hall!!! image
    Mike
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    zef204zef204 Posts: 4,742 ✭✭
    Don't forget his uncle Tom Barker that played in the teens, and his cousins Goudey and that crazy Cracker Jack.
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    VintageJeffVintageJeff Posts: 1,282 ✭
    Unfortunately Cracker Jack never reproduced I hear he was a Fleer. I believe they took to calling him honey boy.
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    mudflap02mudflap02 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭
    Outstanding thread. Spider rings for everyone.


    something something Art Ross Trophy something something
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    ArtRossLivesArtRossLives Posts: 193
    You guys are getting personal now.....
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    jrdolanjrdolan Posts: 2,549 ✭✭
    I hope some not-too-bright scammer sees this thread and puts up an auction for a 1952 Topps Berk Ross rookie PSA 9. The "sorry, my scanner is on the fritz" kind of auction.
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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You guys are getting personal now..... >>


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    Mike
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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭


    << <i>Outstanding thread. Spider rings for everyone. >>



    Make mine a Flash Gordon secret decoder ring please.
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    SpahnfanSpahnfan Posts: 412 ✭✭
    What a great thread. You guys made my day. What a hoot! (Hoot did not play on the same team as Berk).
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    KnucklesKnuckles Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭
    hilarious thread! image
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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    ...actually not a Ross, he is waiting to pick one up at the airport.



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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    ...they said "you can't miss him....and take the stretch limo."

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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    ....Ross's Goose of SoCal, known for it's distinctive call, "duuuuude don't shoot me or I will surely be cooked."

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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭


    << <i>Let's not forget about Berk's brother Bob:

    image >>



    Bob during his "Chia Pet" period....

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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    Indiana Ross

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    OnlypsahockeyOnlypsahockey Posts: 1,479 ✭✭
    Let's not forget Berk's grandson the infamous Canadian guitarist.

    image

    Bob
    57 Topps (83%) 7.61
    61 Topps (100%) 7.96
    62 Parkhurst (100%) 8.70
    63 Topps (100%) 7.96
    63 York WB's (50%) 8.52
    68 Topps (39%) 8.54
    69 Topps (3%) 9.00
    69 OPC (83%) 8.21
    71 Topps (100%) 9.21 #1 A.T.F.
    72 Topps (100%) 9.39
    73 Topps (13%) 9.35
    74 OPC WHA (95%) 8.57
    75 Topps (50%) 9.23
    77 OPC WHA (86%) 8.62 #1 A.T.F.
    88 Topps (5%) 10.00
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    mudflap02mudflap02 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭
    image

    Dr. Ross, currently teaching at Cal. I guess he would be a Berke' Ross.
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    mudflap02mudflap02 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭
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    Burka Ross
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    KnucklesKnuckles Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭
    lol
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    SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭


    << <i>image

    Burka Ross >>




    Oh, that is good.

    Now we need a picture of Diana Ross in a burka singing "Stop in the Name of Allah."
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    StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Berk Ross's great, great grandaughter.

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    Stingray
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    BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    put him in the Hall already.
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    schr1stschr1st Posts: 1,677 ✭✭
    Don't forget the team physician, who always seemed to get the hot chicks that were way out of his league:

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