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Eddie Stanky autograph disappointment

AUPTAUPT Posts: 806 ✭✭✭
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I've just posted on my blog (linked below) some great first-hand recollections by Sports Machine's George Michael about his autograph encounters with Cardinals manager Eddie Stanky in 1953.

Michael was trying to get his expensive Cardinals souvenir photo book (presented in an earlier post) signed by all the players.

Good historical stuff for the memorabilia collector.


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  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Stanky died ten years ago, and he is not a difficult signature to find. Maybe he was having a bad year -- who knows? Sorry that some kid was disappointed 55+ years ago, but perhaps it is unfair to paint Stanky as a mean curmudgeon because of this anecdote.

    He was a pretty smart baseball man, played innovatively, and stayed in baseball after his MLB career was over. As a college coach, he was admired for his patience and for letting everyone play.

    M

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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Not sure I understand, are you saying that he (Stanky) would not allow Michael access so he could get the players signatures
    or that he did not want to sign the photo book.

    From Marc's reply I get the feeling he did not sign it, but in your post you said he was trying to get the players autos.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    read the blog steve. it's all there.

    agree he sounds like a tool for not signing what was a kid's book when asked on THREE different occasions.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Goose I'm lazy.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    image

    it's very short.
  • ROCKDJRWROCKDJRW Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭
    Was this before or after Wham?
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  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭
    "He wrote, "I was selling scorecards in 1953, saving my money for school. For weeks I had admired this little book with these great glossy photos. It was for sale for $5.00, which was a fortune to me. .....
    ///////////////////////////////

    $5.00 was a fortune to most people back in 1953 ....

    In 1953, the average American was making around $1.93 an hour!
    Average Yearly Income: $4,011

    Here's what $5 would also get you in 1953:

    Gallon of Milk: $.92
    Gallon of Gas: $.22
    Loaf of Bread: $.16
    Postage Stamp: $.03
    10 lb. Sugar: $ .89
    12 oz. Libby’s Pickles: $.25
    1 lb. Margarine: $.19
    Romaine Lettuce: $.10 lb
    Dozen Eggs: $.30
    1 lb. Bacon: $.56
    1 lb. Coffee: $.38
    10 lbs. Potatoes: $.35
    Tide Detergent: $.65

    PoppaJ

  • mrpeanut39mrpeanut39 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭
    His nickname was The Brat.
    "I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
  • GDM67GDM67 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭
    Eddie and Leo Durocher graduated from the same charm school, so none of this is a surprise.

    Reminds me a little of Jim Bouton's "Take a hike, son" encounter with Alvin Dark when he was with the NY Giants.
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