Comments on: Who, You Ask, is George Sisler? http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/ Wed, 23 May 2012 23:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/comment-page-1/#comment-4876 Michael Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:13:45 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/#comment-4876 I got a bunch of free stuff in carmell because George is related to me, my family has lots of pictures and we bought the book written about him. Anyway, he was a good baseball player and that ichero that beat his record shouldn't have beaten him because of different rules and different weights of bats used today.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4876','Michael'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4876','Michael','I got a bunch of free stuff in carmell because George is related to me, my family has lots of pictures and we bought the book written about him. Anyway, he was a good baseball player and that ichero that beat his record shouldn\'t have beaten him because of different rules and different weights of bats used today.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I got a bunch of free stuff in carmell because George is related to me, my family has lots of pictures and we bought the book written about him. Anyway, he was a good baseball player and that ichero that beat his record shouldn’t have beaten him because of different rules and different weights of bats used today.
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]]> By: KJOK http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/comment-page-1/#comment-4014 KJOK Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:54:36 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/#comment-4014 Apparently, Sisler was also ambidextrous. He played 2 games at 3B and 2 at 2B. Most people assumed he was an oddity, a lefty playing 3B and 2B, but apparently there is a photo of him playing 2B, and the glove is on his LEFT hand.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4014','KJOK'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4014','KJOK','Apparently, Sisler was also ambidextrous. He played 2 games at 3B and 2 at 2B. Most people assumed he was an oddity, a lefty playing 3B and 2B, but apparently there is a photo of him playing 2B, and the glove is on his LEFT hand.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Apparently, Sisler was also ambidextrous. He played 2 games at 3B and 2 at 2B. Most people assumed he was an oddity, a lefty playing 3B and 2B, but apparently there is a photo of him playing 2B, and the glove is on his LEFT hand.
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]]> By: Lowell Blackwell http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 Lowell Blackwell Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:57:49 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/#comment-2479 I grew up hearing great stories about George Sisler and his sons Dick and Dave. I played baseball as a kid and never understood why my mom would tell me all these stories about these ballplayers and tell me that i reminded her of them. then she told me that George Sisler was my Great Uncle and Dick and Dave were my cousins. My mom's maiden name was Sisler. Pretty cool.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2479','Lowell Blackwell'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2479','Lowell Blackwell','I grew up hearing great stories about George Sisler and his sons Dick and Dave. I played baseball as a kid and never understood why my mom would tell me all these stories about these ballplayers and tell me that i reminded her of them. then she told me that George Sisler was my Great Uncle and Dick and Dave were my cousins. My mom\'s maiden name was Sisler. Pretty cool.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I grew up hearing great stories about George Sisler and his sons Dick and Dave. I played baseball as a kid and never understood why my mom would tell me all these stories about these ballplayers and tell me that i reminded her of them. then she told me that George Sisler was my Great Uncle and Dick and Dave were my cousins. My mom’s maiden name was Sisler. Pretty cool.
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]]> By: Mike Lynch http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Mike Lynch Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:07:30 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/#comment-177 If he walked everywhere and was in such great shape can I assume he never missed a game due to an injury? ;-) My grandfather was the same way. He walked miles a day up until the day he died and he lived to be older than 90. He was so well-known and admired in my hometown the city awarded him a plaque and had it installed on a wall on which he'd sit and rest until he was ready to complete his journey. Now when people pass that particular spot they can remember him. That's cool about Traynor. I'd never heard that before.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('177','Mike Lynch'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('177','Mike Lynch','If he walked everywhere and was in such great shape can I assume he never missed a game due to an injury? ;-)\r\n\r\nMy grandfather was the same way. He walked miles a day up until the day he died and he lived to be older than 90. He was so well-known and admired in my hometown the city awarded him a plaque and had it installed on a wall on which he\'d sit and rest until he was ready to complete his journey. Now when people pass that particular spot they can remember him.\r\n\r\nThat\'s cool about Traynor. I\'d never heard that before.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> If he walked everywhere and was in such great shape can I assume he never missed a game due to an injury? ;-)

My grandfather was the same way. He walked miles a day up until the day he died and he lived to be older than 90. He was so well-known and admired in my hometown the city awarded him a plaque and had it installed on a wall on which he’d sit and rest until he was ready to complete his journey. Now when people pass that particular spot they can remember him.

That’s cool about Traynor. I’d never heard that before.

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]]> By: John Lease http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/comment-page-1/#comment-176 John Lease Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:24:50 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/#comment-176 You are just TOO baseball oriented. He never drove a car. He walked EVERYWHERE. He claimed that's what kept him in such great shape. He's the only person I know of in the 20th century who refused to drive a car. He stayed an employee of the Pirates until he died, and he kept on walking to work until the end. I guess he thought they were unsafe.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('176','John Lease'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('176','John Lease','You are just TOO baseball oriented. He never drove a car. He walked EVERYWHERE. He claimed that\'s what kept him in such great shape. He\'s the only person I know of in the 20th century who refused to drive a car. He stayed an employee of the Pirates until he died, and he kept on walking to work until the end. I guess he thought they were unsafe.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You are just TOO baseball oriented. He never drove a car. He walked EVERYWHERE. He claimed that’s what kept him in such great shape. He’s the only person I know of in the 20th century who refused to drive a car. He stayed an employee of the Pirates until he died, and he kept on walking to work until the end. I guess he thought they were unsafe.
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]]> By: Mike Lynch http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Mike Lynch Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:05:49 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/#comment-175 Well, he never played for the Red Sox (what, are you trying to rub it in?), I can tell you that. Otherwise, I'm not sure what he never did. Nothing about his statistical record jumps out at me (other than being pretty damn good). He never missed a game due to an injury?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('175','Mike Lynch'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('175','Mike Lynch','Well, he never played for the Red Sox (what, are you trying to rub it in?), I can tell you that. Otherwise, I\'m not sure what he never did. Nothing about his statistical record jumps out at me (other than being pretty damn good). \r\n\r\nHe never missed a game due to an injury?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well, he never played for the Red Sox (what, are you trying to rub it in?), I can tell you that. Otherwise, I’m not sure what he never did. Nothing about his statistical record jumps out at me (other than being pretty damn good).

He never missed a game due to an injury?

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]]> By: John Lease http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/comment-page-1/#comment-173 John Lease Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:42:21 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/#comment-173 Mike, what did Pie Traynor never do? It was pretty remarkable in his lifetime, and damn near impossible today.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('173','John Lease'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('173','John Lease','Mike, what did Pie Traynor never do?\r\n\r\nIt was pretty remarkable in his lifetime, and damn near impossible today.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mike, what did Pie Traynor never do?

It was pretty remarkable in his lifetime, and damn near impossible today.

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]]> By: Mike Lynch http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Mike Lynch Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:14:17 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/#comment-170 Dreyfuss and the Pirates got screwed in the Sisler case, IMO. I understand that he signed his first contract as a minor without his parents' consent (at least that was his story), but if Rickey didn't coach him at Michigan and didn't covet him for the Browns, I believe Sisler would have been a Pirate. There were other teams interested in signing him, but I think they would have honored the contract he signed with the Pirates and backed off. Dreyfuss would later "steal" Pie Traynor from the Red Sox, though, so I can't feel too sorry for him.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('170','Mike Lynch'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('170','Mike Lynch','Dreyfuss and the Pirates got screwed in the Sisler case, IMO. I understand that he signed his first contract as a minor without his parents\' consent (at least that was his story), but if Rickey didn\'t coach him at Michigan and didn\'t covet him for the Browns, I believe Sisler would have been a Pirate. There were other teams interested in signing him, but I think they would have honored the contract he signed with the Pirates and backed off. Dreyfuss would later \"steal\" Pie Traynor from the Red Sox, though, so I can\'t feel too sorry for him.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Dreyfuss and the Pirates got screwed in the Sisler case, IMO. I understand that he signed his first contract as a minor without his parents’ consent (at least that was his story), but if Rickey didn’t coach him at Michigan and didn’t covet him for the Browns, I believe Sisler would have been a Pirate. There were other teams interested in signing him, but I think they would have honored the contract he signed with the Pirates and backed off. Dreyfuss would later “steal” Pie Traynor from the Red Sox, though, so I can’t feel too sorry for him.
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]]> By: John Lease http://seamheads.com/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/comment-page-1/#comment-169 John Lease Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:07:00 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/10/29/who-you-ask-is-george-sisler/#comment-169 Damn, that Barney Dreyfuss sure could spot talent. Dig him up and clone him, we need that for the Pirates today.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('169','John Lease'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('169','John Lease','Damn, that Barney Dreyfuss sure could spot talent. Dig him up and clone him, we need that for the Pirates today.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Damn, that Barney Dreyfuss sure could spot talent. Dig him up and clone him, we need that for the Pirates today.
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