Rich_in_Tampa said:
Hank Bauer. Right fielder to Mickey Mantle's center, and left field was any of... Elston Howard, Enos Slaughter, Cletis Boyer... a couple more. Bill Skowron at 1st, Bobby Richardson at 2nd, Tony Kubek at shortstop, and Andy Carey at 3rd, Yogi catching either Whitey Ford, Don Larsen, Bob Turley (side-hander). May not all be correct, but most.
Can you help, Jarhead? GOD I'm getting old
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You done good Doc.
Here's some more: Pitchers, Eddie Lopat, Lew Burdette, Allie Reynolds, Vic Rashi.
Postion players: Joe Dimaggio, Jackie Jensen, Billy Martin, Jackie Jensen, Johnny Lindell, Gil McDougald.
Jackie Jensen and Johnny Lindell are a little obscure, but they had interesting side stories, so I remember them.
Jensen was an All-American half-back at Univ. of Calif. He chose to play baseball. He refused to fly. He drove to every away game. The West Coast hadn't opened up to Major League baseball during that time period, so he was able to pull it off.
Lindell was a left fielder, and a pretty fair one. After his career was going downhill, he developed a knuckle-ball, and spent 4 or 5 years as a pitcher.
He's the only guy I'm aware of that pulled that one off.
During the time frame of Bauer, there were hundreds of ball-players that were also military, but most of them spent time in "Special Services". Bauer
was like Ted Williams.
Teddy Ballgame spent 3 years as a Marine Fighter Pilot, in WW2. He was recalled for active duty for 2 more years during the Korean War. He lost 5 years of the short life-span of a ballplayer, and never compained about it.
Ted was the "real" John Wayne. The other guy sat out the War in Laguna Beach.
Regards, Jarhead
